James 1:26 Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind...

1:26 MSG

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The Message - Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.
新标点和合本 - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。
当代译本 - 如果有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，就是在自己欺骗自己，他的所谓虔诚也毫无价值。
圣经新译本 - 如果有人自以为虔诚，却不约束他的舌头，反而自己欺骗自己，这人的虔诚是没有用的。
中文标准译本 - 如果有人自以为是虔诚的，却不克制自己的舌头，反而欺骗自己的心，这个人的虔诚就是虚妄的。
现代标点和合本 - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
和合本（拼音版） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
New International Version - Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
New International Reader's Version - Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.
English Standard Version - If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
New Living Translation - If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
Christian Standard Bible - If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
New American Standard Bible - If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
New King James Version - If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
Amplified Bible - If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
American Standard Version - If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
King James Version - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
New English Translation - If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
World English Bible - If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
新標點和合本 - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住他的舌頭，反欺哄自己的心，這人的虔誠是虛的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。
當代譯本 - 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，就是在自己欺騙自己，他的所謂虔誠也毫無價值。
聖經新譯本 - 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。
呂振中譯本 - 若有人自以為是熱心宗教，卻不勒制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙了自己的心，這人的宗教就徒勞無效了。
中文標準譯本 - 如果有人自以為是虔誠的，卻不克制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙自己的心，這個人的虔誠就是虛妄的。
現代標點和合本 - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住他的舌頭，反欺哄自己的心，這人的虔誠是虛的。
文理和合譯本 - 人若自以為虔敬、而不捫其舌、自欺其心、其虔敬虛矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 人自謂虔共、如不捫厥舌、乃迷厥心、則其虔共徒然、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若爾中有人自以為虔敬、而不制其舌、自欺其心、此人之虔敬徒然、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若有人自以為虔誠、而不能自制其舌、是為欺心之人、其虔誠偽也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si alguien se cree religioso, pero no le pone freno a su lengua, se engaña a sí mismo, y su religión no sirve para nada.
현대인의 성경 - 누구든지 믿는다고 하면서도 함부로 말을 내뱉으면 자기를 속이는 것이며 그의 믿음도 가치가 없습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si quelqu’un croit être religieux, alors qu’il ne sait pas tenir sa langue en bride, il s’illusionne lui-même : sa religion ne vaut rien.
リビングバイブル - もしも、「私はクリスチャンです」と言いながら、平気でとげのあることばを口にする人がいれば、その人は自分を偽っていることになります。そのような信仰には何の価値もありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι, μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
Nova Versão Internacional - Se alguém se considera religioso, mas não refreia a sua língua, engana-se a si mesmo. Sua religião não tem valor algum!
Hoffnung für alle - Wer sich für fromm hält, aber seine Zunge nicht zügeln kann, der macht sich selbst etwas vor. Seine Frömmigkeit ist nichts wert.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người nào tự xưng là con cái Chúa mà không chịu kiềm chế miệng lưỡi, là tự lừa dối mình, giữ đạo như thế chẳng có ích gì.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าผู้ใดคิดว่าตนเองเคร่งศาสนาแต่ไม่ควบคุมลิ้นของตนให้ดีก็หลอกตัวเอง ศาสนาของเขาก็ไร้ค่า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าผู้ใดคิดว่าตนเคร่งในศาสนา แต่ควบคุมลิ้นไว้ไม่ได้ ก็นับว่าหลอกตนเอง ศาสนาของเขาก็ไร้ค่า

交叉引用

Proverbs 14:12 - There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. Sure, those people appear to be having a good time, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.
Proverbs 15:2 - Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense.
Proverbs 13:2 - The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life.
Proverbs 13:3 - Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything.
Psalms 32:9 - “Don’t be ornery like a horse or mule that needs bit and bridle to stay on track.”
Malachi 3:14 - “When you said, ‘It doesn’t pay to serve God. What do we ever get out of it? When we did what he said and went around with long faces, serious about God-of-the-Angel-Armies, what difference did it make? Those who take life into their own hands are the lucky ones. They break all the rules and get ahead anyway. They push God to the limit and get by with it.’”
Proverbs 21:26 - Sinners are always wanting what they don’t have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
Galatians 2:6 - As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn’t concern me. God isn’t impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching. It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews. Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John—the pillars of the church—shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.
Proverbs 10:19 - The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words.
Proverbs 16:10 - A good leader motivates, doesn’t mislead, doesn’t exploit.
James 1:19 - Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.
Proverbs 16:25 - There’s a way that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell.
Isaiah 1:13 - “Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings— meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning. When you put on your next prayer-performance, I’ll be looking the other way. No matter how long or loud or often you pray, I’ll not be listening. And do you know why? Because you’ve been tearing people to pieces, and your hands are bloody. Go home and wash up. Clean up your act. Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings so I don’t have to look at them any longer. Say no to wrong. Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless.
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Deuteronomy 11:16 - But be vigilant, lest you be seduced away and end up serving and worshiping other gods and God erupts in anger and shuts down Heaven so there’s no rain and nothing grows in the fields, and in no time at all you’re starved out—not a trace of you left on the good land that God is giving you.
Proverbs 19:1 - Better to be poor and honest than a rich person no one can trust.
Psalms 39:1 - I’m determined to watch steps and tongue so they won’t land me in trouble. I decided to hold my tongue as long as Wicked is in the room. “Mum’s the word,” I said, and kept quiet. But the longer I kept silence The worse it got— my insides got hotter and hotter. My thoughts boiled over; I spilled my guts.
James 1:22 - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
James 3:3 - A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
James 3:5 - It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
Proverbs 10:31 - A good person’s mouth is a clear fountain of wisdom; a foul mouth is a stagnant swamp.
Psalms 34:13 - Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Psalms 141:3 - Post a guard at my mouth, God, set a watch at the door of my lips. Don’t let me so much as dream of evil or thoughtlessly fall into bad company. And these people who only do wrong— don’t let them lure me with their sweet talk! May the Just One set me straight, may the Kind One correct me, Don’t let sin anoint my head. I’m praying hard against their evil ways! Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff; make them face the music. Like a rock pulverized by a maul, let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.

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The Message - Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.
新标点和合本 - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。
当代译本 - 如果有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，就是在自己欺骗自己，他的所谓虔诚也毫无价值。
圣经新译本 - 如果有人自以为虔诚，却不约束他的舌头，反而自己欺骗自己，这人的虔诚是没有用的。
中文标准译本 - 如果有人自以为是虔诚的，却不克制自己的舌头，反而欺骗自己的心，这个人的虔诚就是虚妄的。
现代标点和合本 - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
和合本（拼音版） - 若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。
New International Version - Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
New International Reader's Version - Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.
English Standard Version - If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
New Living Translation - If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
Christian Standard Bible - If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
New American Standard Bible - If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
New King James Version - If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
Amplified Bible - If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
American Standard Version - If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
King James Version - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
New English Translation - If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
World English Bible - If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
新標點和合本 - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住他的舌頭，反欺哄自己的心，這人的虔誠是虛的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。
當代譯本 - 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，就是在自己欺騙自己，他的所謂虔誠也毫無價值。
聖經新譯本 - 如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。
呂振中譯本 - 若有人自以為是熱心宗教，卻不勒制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙了自己的心，這人的宗教就徒勞無效了。
中文標準譯本 - 如果有人自以為是虔誠的，卻不克制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙自己的心，這個人的虔誠就是虛妄的。
現代標點和合本 - 若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住他的舌頭，反欺哄自己的心，這人的虔誠是虛的。
文理和合譯本 - 人若自以為虔敬、而不捫其舌、自欺其心、其虔敬虛矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 人自謂虔共、如不捫厥舌、乃迷厥心、則其虔共徒然、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若爾中有人自以為虔敬、而不制其舌、自欺其心、此人之虔敬徒然、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若有人自以為虔誠、而不能自制其舌、是為欺心之人、其虔誠偽也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si alguien se cree religioso, pero no le pone freno a su lengua, se engaña a sí mismo, y su religión no sirve para nada.
현대인의 성경 - 누구든지 믿는다고 하면서도 함부로 말을 내뱉으면 자기를 속이는 것이며 그의 믿음도 가치가 없습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Кто считает себя благочестивым, но не может управлять своим языком, тот обманывает самого себя, и благочестие такого человека бесполезно.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si quelqu’un croit être religieux, alors qu’il ne sait pas tenir sa langue en bride, il s’illusionne lui-même : sa religion ne vaut rien.
リビングバイブル - もしも、「私はクリスチャンです」と言いながら、平気でとげのあることばを口にする人がいれば、その人は自分を偽っていることになります。そのような信仰には何の価値もありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - Εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι, μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
Nova Versão Internacional - Se alguém se considera religioso, mas não refreia a sua língua, engana-se a si mesmo. Sua religião não tem valor algum!
Hoffnung für alle - Wer sich für fromm hält, aber seine Zunge nicht zügeln kann, der macht sich selbst etwas vor. Seine Frömmigkeit ist nichts wert.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người nào tự xưng là con cái Chúa mà không chịu kiềm chế miệng lưỡi, là tự lừa dối mình, giữ đạo như thế chẳng có ích gì.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าผู้ใดคิดว่าตนเองเคร่งศาสนาแต่ไม่ควบคุมลิ้นของตนให้ดีก็หลอกตัวเอง ศาสนาของเขาก็ไร้ค่า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าผู้ใดคิดว่าตนเคร่งในศาสนา แต่ควบคุมลิ้นไว้ไม่ได้ ก็นับว่าหลอกตนเอง ศาสนาของเขาก็ไร้ค่า

Proverbs 14:12 - There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. Sure, those people appear to be having a good time, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.
Proverbs 15:2 - Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense.
Proverbs 13:2 - The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life.
Proverbs 13:3 - Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything.
Psalms 32:9 - “Don’t be ornery like a horse or mule that needs bit and bridle to stay on track.”
Malachi 3:14 - “When you said, ‘It doesn’t pay to serve God. What do we ever get out of it? When we did what he said and went around with long faces, serious about God-of-the-Angel-Armies, what difference did it make? Those who take life into their own hands are the lucky ones. They break all the rules and get ahead anyway. They push God to the limit and get by with it.’”
Proverbs 21:26 - Sinners are always wanting what they don’t have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
Galatians 2:6 - As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn’t concern me. God isn’t impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching. It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews. Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John—the pillars of the church—shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.
Proverbs 10:19 - The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words.
Proverbs 16:10 - A good leader motivates, doesn’t mislead, doesn’t exploit.
James 1:19 - Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.
Proverbs 16:25 - There’s a way that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell.
Isaiah 1:13 - “Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings— meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning. When you put on your next prayer-performance, I’ll be looking the other way. No matter how long or loud or often you pray, I’ll not be listening. And do you know why? Because you’ve been tearing people to pieces, and your hands are bloody. Go home and wash up. Clean up your act. Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings so I don’t have to look at them any longer. Say no to wrong. Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless.
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Deuteronomy 11:16 - But be vigilant, lest you be seduced away and end up serving and worshiping other gods and God erupts in anger and shuts down Heaven so there’s no rain and nothing grows in the fields, and in no time at all you’re starved out—not a trace of you left on the good land that God is giving you.
Proverbs 19:1 - Better to be poor and honest than a rich person no one can trust.
Psalms 39:1 - I’m determined to watch steps and tongue so they won’t land me in trouble. I decided to hold my tongue as long as Wicked is in the room. “Mum’s the word,” I said, and kept quiet. But the longer I kept silence The worse it got— my insides got hotter and hotter. My thoughts boiled over; I spilled my guts.
James 1:22 - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
James 3:3 - A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
James 3:5 - It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
Proverbs 10:31 - A good person’s mouth is a clear fountain of wisdom; a foul mouth is a stagnant swamp.
Psalms 34:13 - Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.
Ephesians 4:29 - Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Psalms 141:3 - Post a guard at my mouth, God, set a watch at the door of my lips. Don’t let me so much as dream of evil or thoughtlessly fall into bad company. And these people who only do wrong— don’t let them lure me with their sweet talk! May the Just One set me straight, may the Kind One correct me, Don’t let sin anoint my head. I’m praying hard against their evil ways! Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff; make them face the music. Like a rock pulverized by a maul, let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.