The Mouth
8 passages
- 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 - James 3:10
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
Read it in context - Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Read it in context - Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
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 - James 3:8
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Read it in context - James 3:5–6
5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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