Psalms 39:1 References
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I said, "I will aguard my ways That I bmay not sin with my tongue; I will guard cmy mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
b Job 2:10, Psalms 34:13, James 3:5-12
Job 2
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But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. aShall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" bIn all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Psalms 34
James 3
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And athe tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which bdefiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by chell.
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For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
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With it we bless aour Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, bwho have been made in the likeness of God;
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from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
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Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?