But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John
GospelsAnd they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhen I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judges
History / SamuelFor I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Acts
History / LukeHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel
HistoryThat thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel
HistoryEsau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Genesis
LawBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark
GospelsAnd the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew
GospelsRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew
GospelsBecause he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.