| Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. |
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| I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. | I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. |
| For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. | For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. |
| Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. |
| And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” | For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. |
| If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. | 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. |
| My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. | My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. |
| For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.” | 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: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. |
| He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend. | He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. |
| “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. | No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. |
| And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ ” | And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. |
| Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. | And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. |
| The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. | The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. |
| In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. |
| Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. |
| When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. | When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. |
