If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住他的舌头，反欺哄自己的心，这人的虔诚是虚的。

若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。

若有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，反欺骗自己的心，这人的虔诚是徒然的。

如果有人自以为虔诚，却不勒住自己的舌头，就等于是自己欺骗自己，他的所谓虔诚也毫无价值。

如果有人自以为虔诚，却不约束他的舌头，反而自己欺骗自己，这人的虔诚是没有用的。

如果有人自以为是虔诚的，却不克制自己的舌头，反而欺骗自己的心，这个人的虔诚就是虚妄的。

若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住他的舌頭，反欺哄自己的心，這人的虔誠是虛的。

若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。

若有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，反欺騙自己的心，這人的虔誠是徒然的。

如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不勒住自己的舌頭，就等於是自己欺騙自己，他的所謂虔誠也毫無價值。

如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。

若有人自以為是熱心宗教，卻不勒制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙了自己的心，這人的宗教就徒勞無效了。

如果有人自以為是虔誠的，卻不克制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙自己的心，這個人的虔誠就是虛妄的。

人若自以為虔敬、而不捫其舌、自欺其心、其虔敬虛矣、

人自謂虔共、如不捫厥舌、乃迷厥心、則其虔共徒然、

若爾中有人自以為虔敬、而不制其舌、自欺其心、此人之虔敬徒然、

若有人自以為虔誠、而不能自制其舌、是為欺心之人、其虔誠偽也。

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion[ is] vain.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

For“ He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut out.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,

I said,“ I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.

A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Divination is on the lips of the king; His mouth must not transgress in judgment.

You have said,‘ It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

But from those who seemed to be something— whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man— for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.

Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say,“ Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up— if in fact the dead do not rise.

and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Have you suffered so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?