But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
2 Kings
HistoryThy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
2 Kings
HistoryIf any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings
HistorySo then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhile the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
John
Gospels / JohnThen there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James
General EpistlesGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;