"If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look
at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong
winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the
pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And
the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set
among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire
course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people
who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water." Proverbs 13:3 "Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin"
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing."
Ephesians 4:15
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ."
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."
Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger"
James 1:19
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger"
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ."
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."
Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger"
James 1:19
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger"
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