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Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (niv)
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Psalms 57:4
I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. (niv)
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Psalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think,“ Who can hear us?” (niv)
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Proverbs 12:18
The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. (niv)
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Acts 24:5
“ We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect (niv)
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Psalms 64:2-6
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say,“ Who will see it?”They plot injustice and say,“ We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 2
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. (niv)
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Jeremiah 9:3-4
“ They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.“ Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. (niv)
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Psalms 50:19
You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. (niv)
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Jeremiah 18:18
They said,“ Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” (niv)
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Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 11 13
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. (niv)
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Proverbs 30:14
those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind. (niv)
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Psalms 140:2-3
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. (niv)
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Psalms 109:2
for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. (niv)
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Acts 24:1
Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. (niv)
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Psalms 120:2
Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. (niv)
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Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. (niv)
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Acts 6:11-13
Then they secretly persuaded some men to say,“ We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.They produced false witnesses, who testified,“ This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. (niv)
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Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:“ Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. (niv)