Proverbs 17:20

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• James 3:6-8
  ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. ⁷ For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.⁶ The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. ⁷ All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, ⁸ but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
• Proverbs 10:31
  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
• Proverbs 18:6-7
  ⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. ⁷ A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.⁶ A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. ⁷ A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 8:13
  The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Proverbs 3:32
  For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Psalm 18:26
  With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
• Proverbs 10:14
  Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
• Proverbs 6:12-15
  ¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. ¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; ¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. ¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.¹² A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, ¹³ winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. ¹⁴ With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. ¹⁵ Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 10:10
  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

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