Bible verses about "holding your tongue" | new

1 Peter 5:8

  8 G3525 [G5657] Be sober, G1127 [G5657] be vigilant; G3754 because G3588   G5216 your G476 opponent G1228 the slanderer, G5613 as G5612 [G5740] a roaring G3023 lion, G4043 [G5719] walketh about, G2212 [G5723] seeking G5101 whom G2666 [G5632] he may swallow down:

James 3:1-12

  1 G3450 My G80 brethren, G1096 [G5737] be G3361 not G4183 many G1320 teachers, G1492 [G5761] knowing G3754 that G2983 [G5695] we shall receive G3187 the greater G2917 judgment.
  2 G1063 For G4183 in many things G537 we all G4417 [G5719] stumble. G1536 If any man G4417 [G5719] stumble G3756 not G1722 in G3056 word, G3778 the same G5046 is a perfect G435 man, G1415 able G2532 also G5468 [G5658] to bridle G3650 the whole G4983 body.
  3 G2400 [G5628] Behold, G906 [G5719] we put G5469 bits G1519 in G2462 the horses' G4750 mouths, G4314 that G846 they G3982 [G5745] may obey G2254 us; G2532 and G3329 [G5719] we turn about G846 their G3650 whole G4983 body.
  4 G2400 [G5628] Behold G2532 also G4143 the ships, G5607 [G5752] which though they are G5082 so great, G2532 and G1643 [G5746] are driven G5259 by G4642 hard G417 winds, G3329 [G5743] yet they are turned about G5259 by G1646 a very small G4079 helm, G3699 G302 wherever G2116 [G5723] the pilot G3730 G1014 [G5741] willeth.
  5 G2532 Even G3779 so G1100 the tongue G2076 [G5748] is G3398 a little G3196 member, G2532 and G3166 [G5719] boasteth great things. G2400 [G5628] Behold, G2245 how great G5208 a forest G3641 a little G4442 fire G381 [G5719] kindleth!
  6 G2532 And G3588 the G1100 tongue G4442 is a fire, G3588 the G2889 world G3588 of the G93 injustice: G3779 so G2525 [G5743] is G3588 the G1100 tongue G1722 among G2257 our G3196 members, G3588   G4695 [G5723] spotting G3588 the G3650 whole G4983 body, G2532 and G5394 [G5723] setting on fire G3588 the G5164 wheel G3588   G1078 of nature; G2532 and G5394 [G5746] being set on fire G5259 by G3588 the G1067 Valley of the Son of Hinnom.
  7 G1063 For G3956 every G5449 nature G2342 of wild beasts, G5037 G2532 and G4071 of birds, G5037 and G2062 of serpents, G2532 and G1724 of creatures in the sea, G1150 [G5743] is tamed, G2532 and G1150 [G5769] hath been tamed G3588 by the G5449 nature G442 of man:
  8 G1161 But G1100 the tongue G1410 [G5736] can G3762 no G444 man G1150 [G5658] tame; G183 it is an unruly G2556 bad, G3324 full G2287 of deadly G2447 poison.
  9 G1722 G846 With it G2127 [G5719] we bless G2316 God, G2532 even G3962 the Father; G2532 and G1722 G846 with it G2672 [G5736] we curse G444 men, G3588 who G1096 [G5756] are made G2596 after G3669 the similitude G2316 of God.
  10 G1537 Out of G846 the same G4750 mouth G1831 [G5736] proceedeth G2129 blessing G2532 and G2671 cursing. G3450 My G80 brethren, G5023 these things G5534 [G5724] ought G3756 not G3779 so G1096 [G5738] to be.
  11 G3385 Whether at all G1032 0 doth G4077 a fountain G1032 [G5719] gush G1537 from out of G846 the same G3692 place G1099 sweet G2532 water and G4089 bitter?
  12 G3361 G1410 [G5736] Can G4808 the fig tree, G3450 my G80 brethren, G4160 [G5658] bear G1636 olives? G2228 or G288 a vine, G4810 figs? G3779 so G3762 no G4077 fountain G4160 [G5658] can yield G252 both salt G5204 water G2532 and G1099 sweet.

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