Taming your Tongue
10 passages
- Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Read it in context - James 1:26
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Read it in context - Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Read it in context - Psalm 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 3:10
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Read it in context - Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
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