James 1:26

Anyone who claims to be religious yet does not control his tongue deceives himself, and his religion is worthless. Unbridled speech exposes empty religion.

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• Eph 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
• Ps 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
• 1 Pet 3:10For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
• Eph 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
• Ps 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Prov 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Prov 10:31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
• Prov 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Col 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
• Jas 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
• Jas 3:2–6We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
• Jas 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Prov 16:25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Ps 39:1–2For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
• Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
• Prov 13:2–3From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
• Gal 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
• Prov 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Deut 11:16But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
• Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
• Prov 21:26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
• Gal 2:6But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
• Isa 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
• Mal 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
• Matt 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
• Isa 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me—your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
• 1 Cor 15:2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
• Prov 16:10A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
• 1 Cor 15:15In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
• Ps 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
• Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• Jas 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
• 1 Cor 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
• Gal 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
• Gal 3:4Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

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