17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil
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“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.
and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.
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Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
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Speaking, evil » General references to
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Speaking, evil » Backbiting
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Speaking, evil » Talebearers condemned
You shall not go about as
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Speaking, evil » Warnings against
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Speaking, evil » Whispering, evil, general references to
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And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
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Speaking, evil » The tongue to be restrained
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not
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Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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