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Proverbs 13:3
The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
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Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
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Proverbs 10:14
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.
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Psalms 140:9
When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.
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Psalms 64:8
They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads.
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Proverbs 6:2
you have been trapped by the words of your lips— ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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Acts 23:14-22
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said,“ We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.Then Paul called one of the centurions and said,“ Take this young man to the commander, because he has something to report to him.”So he took him, brought him to the commander, and said,“ The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately,“ What is it you have to report to me?”“ The Jews,” he said,“ have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him,“ Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.”
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Mark 6:23-28
So he swore oaths to her:“ Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”Then she went out and said to her mother,“ What should I ask for?”“ John the Baptist’s head!” she said.Immediately she hurried to the king and said,“ I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter— right now!”Though the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests he did not want to refuse her.The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.
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Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said,“ No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.”
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1 Samuel 14 24-1 Samuel 14 46
and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath:“ The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.Everyone went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground.When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it because they feared the oath.However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey, he had renewed energy.Then, one of the troops said,“ Your father made the troops solemnly swear,‘ The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”Jonathan replied,“ My father has brought trouble to the land. Just look at how I have renewed energy because I tasted a little honey.How much better if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Then the slaughter of the Philistines would have been much greater.”The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.Some reported to Saul:“ Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood still in it.” Saul said,“ You have been unfaithful. Roll a large stone over here at once.”He then said,“ Go among the troops and say to them,‘ Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep. Do the slaughtering here and then you can eat. Don’t sin against the Lord by eating meat with the blood in it.’” So every one of the troops brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there.Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.Saul said,“ Let’s go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until morning. Don’t let even one remain!”“ Do whatever you want,” the troops replied. But the priest said,“ We must consult God here.”So Saul inquired of God,“ Should I go after the Philistines? Will You hand them over to Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.Saul said,“ All you leaders of the troops, come here. Let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die!” Not one of the troops answered him.So he said to all Israel,“ You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” And the troops replied,“ Do whatever you want.”So Saul said to the Lord,“ God of Israel, give us the right decision.” Jonathan and Saul were selected, and the troops were cleared of the charge.Then Saul said,“ Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.Saul commanded him,“ Tell me what you did.” Jonathan told him,“ I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die!”Saul declared to him,“ May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”But the people said to Saul,“ Must Jonathan die, who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he worked with God’s help today.” So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.
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Ecclesiastes 10:11-14
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness.Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
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Proverbs 10:8
A wise heart accepts commands, but foolish lips will be destroyed.
