Psalms 39:1

David resolves to guard his speech and not sin with his tongue, especially before the wicked. He bridles his mouth to avoid rash words.

Cross-references · 21

• Prov 21:23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
• Ps 141:3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
• Jas 1:26If 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.
• Ps 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
• Ps 34:13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
• Mic 7:5–6Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
• Jas 3:2–8For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
• Heb 2:1Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
• Prov 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
• 1 Kgs 2:4Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’
• Prov 4:26–27Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
• Ps 12:4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
• Col 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
• Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
• Ps 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
• Ps 77:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
• Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
• 2 Kgs 10:31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
• Ps 73:8–9They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
• 1 Chr 16:41and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;
• 1 Chr 25:1–6Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:

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