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For by thy words thou shalt be justified, AND by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37
"You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.” Matthew 12:34 MSG
For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. Psalm 139:4 NKJV
The Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the Word of Faith.... Romans 10:8
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3
Accept instruction from His mouth and lay up His Words in your heart. Job 22:22 NIV
Job 6:24
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Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. KJV
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Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. NKJV
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Confront me with the truth and I’ll shut up, show me where I’ve gone off the track. Honest words never hurt anyone…MSG
As for God, His way is Perfect: The Word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him. Psalm 18:30
Be still and know that I AM God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10
Job 13:5
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..that you would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your wisdom. KJV
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I wish you would just stop talking; then you would really be wise! NCV
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If only you could be silent! That’s the wisest thing you could do. NLT
But whosoever hearkens unto Me shall dwell safely and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33
The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His Word was on my tongue. 2 Samuel 23:2 NKJV
And I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”’ Isaiah 51:16 NKJV
As for Me, this is My Covenant with them, saith The Lord; My Spirit that is upon thee, and My Words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith The Lord, from henceforth and forever. Isaiah 59:21
Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. Proverbs 21:23
He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. 1 Peter 3:10 NKJV (deceit: sly treacherous words)
Proverbs 8:33
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Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. KJV
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Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it. AMPC
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Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disdain it. NKJV (disdain: refuse or reject)
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Listen to My instruction and be wise. Don’t ignore it. NLT
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you shall answer: for I (Jesus) will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke 21:14-15 (gainsay: deny, dispute, speak against)
Call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee; and thou shalt glorify Me. Psalm 50:15
Job 5:21-22
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. KJV (scourge: causing great suffering or trouble)
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You will be protected from the tongue that strikes like a whip, and you will not be afraid when destruction comes. You will laugh at destruction and hunger, and you will not fear the wild animals, NCV
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep Thy precepts. Psalm 119:134 (oppression: unjust prolonged treatment or control)
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Psalm 120:2 (mine or theirs)
The entrance of Thy Words give light; it gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130
Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. Psalm 119:13
The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. Luke 12:2 NLT
Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known. Matthew 10:26 NKJV
There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment. Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy. No [actual] evil, misfortune, or calamity shall come upon the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil, misfortune, and calamity. Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to The Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delight. Proverbs 12:18-22 AMPC
... we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more; and that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that you have lack of nothing. 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12
By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. Proverbs 25:15 AMPC
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1
Don’t let your mouth make you sin …. Ecclesiastes 5:6 NLT
Bless the Lord, ye His Angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the Voice of His Word. Psalm 103:20 (they perform His Words that are spoken by you)
Thou shalt speak ... and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. Exodus 4:15
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Job 27:4
He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him. Proverbs 18:13
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith The Lord; I will set him in safety from him the puffs at him. Psalm 12:5 (puff: a quick blast from a specific direction)
... make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. Psalm 70:5
You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Blessed be The LORD, for He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city! Psalm 31:20-21 NKJV
The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 12:13 AMPC
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident. Proverbs 14:16 (fears: regards with reverence)
Keep me from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the evildoers! Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely. Psalm 141:9-10 ESV
Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor. Proverbs 14:23 NCV
.... and God said ....
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. Proverbs 16:3
The Counsel of The Lord stands for ever, the thoughts of His heart to ALL generations. Psalm 33:11
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith The Lord. Isaiah 55:8
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith The Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11
Many, O Lord my God, are Thy wonderful works, which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts, which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psalm 40:5
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As for thee …. thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and He that reveals secrets makes known to thee what shall come to pass. But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou might know the thoughts of thy heart. Daniel 2:29-30
O Lord, how great are Thy works! And Thy thoughts are very deep. Psalm 92:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Proverbs 12:5
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And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for The Lord searches ALL hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off forever. 1 Chronicles 28:9
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Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and I make haste [to offer it] for this reason. Job 20:2 AMPC
How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! Proverbs 139:17
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men … Job 4:12-13
But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they His Counsel: for He shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Micah 4:12
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My Glory. Isaiah 66:18
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The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Psalm 94:11
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but everyone that is hasty (impulsive/reckless) only to want. Proverbs 21:5
And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Genesis 8:21
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to The Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Proverbs 15:26
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The anger of the Lord will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly. Jeremiah 23:20 NKJV
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Psalm 10:4
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto The Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Ecclesiastes 10:20
Isaiah 65:2
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I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts …. KJV
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All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations—NIV
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All day long I opened My arms to a rebellious people. But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes. NLT
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that thou may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within thee? Jeremiah 4:14
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto My Words, nor to My Law, but rejected it. Jeremiah 6:19
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Matthew 9:4
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them …. Matthew 12:25; Luke 11:17
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies …. Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21
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When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? Luke 5:22 ESV
And a sword will pierce through your own soul also—that the secret thoughts and purposes of many hearts may be brought out and disclosed. Luke 2:35 AMPC
And he said unto them, why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Luke 24:38
Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know His law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. Romans 2:14-15 NLT
The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 1 Corinthians 3:20
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? James 2:4
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
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And it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst …. Deuteronomy 29:19
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. Psalm 28:3
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now …. Deuteronomy 31:21
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee: 1 Chronicles 29:18
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the Knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ …. 2 Corinthians 10:5
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord. Zechariah 8:17
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baal, which their fathers taught them: Jeremiah 9:14
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked everyone in the imagination of their evil heart …. Jeremiah 11:8
This evil people, which refuse to hear My Words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. Jeremiah 13:10
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk everyone after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Jeremiah 16:12
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. Jeremiah 18:12
He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. Luke 1:51
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me …. Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. Lamentations 3:60-64
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21
All day long they twist my words; all their evil plans are against me. Psalm 56:5 NCV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Isaiah 59:7
Proverbs 6:12-23 NKJV
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth; he winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers; perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
These six things The Lord hates: yes, seven are an abomination unto Him:
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A proud look
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A lying tongue
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Hands that shed innocent blood,
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A heart that devises wicked plant
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Feet that be swift in running to evil,
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A false witness speaks lies
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And one that sows discord among brethren.
My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. For the Commandment is a lamp, and the Law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Psalm 2:1
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in by the devices that they have imagined. Psalm 10:2
For they intended evil against Thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Psalm 21:11
They also that seek after my life laid snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long. Psalm 38:12
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Psalm 62:3
.... oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Zechariah 7:10
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At that time they shall call Jerusalem the Throne of The Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the Name of The Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. Jeremiah 3:17
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. Psalm 140:1-2
IN CLOSING
For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore, whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Luke 12:2-3
The heavens declare the Glory of God; and the firmament shows His handy work. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun …. Psalm 19:1-4