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2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Psalm 141:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
James 1:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
James 1:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Titus 3:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
2 Timothy 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Colossians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Colossians 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Philippians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
Matthew 12:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalm 19:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Hebrews 1:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Romans 14:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Romans 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
John 20:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
John 15:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 14:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 8:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Mark 10:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Hosea 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Jeremiah 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
Isaiah 46:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Proverbs 29:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 19:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 18:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 12:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Leviticus 20:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”
Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 20:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. …
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
1 John 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1 John 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: …
2 Peter 3:15-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
James 4:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
James 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 1:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …
Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 4:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— …
Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, …
Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. …
1 Corinthians 10:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
Romans 12:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 8:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
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