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The Power of Words

Life and death are in the tongue — verses on the weight of what we say.

  1. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

    Proverbs 18:21 · KJV

  2. 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.

    James 1:26 · KJV

  3. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

    Proverbs 12:18 · KJV

  4. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    1 Peter 3:10 · KJV

  5. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

    James 3:8 · KJV

  6. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

    Ephesians 4:29 · KJV

  7. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

    Proverbs 15:4 · KJV

  8. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

    Proverbs 21:23 · KJV

  9. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

    Proverbs 10:19 · KJV

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