3 who adoes not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor btakes up a reproach against his friend;
What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to vJeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will wguard my ways,
that I xmay not sin with my tongue;
I will yguard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
3 xSet a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
ykeep watch over the door of my lips!
3 tWhoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
23 cWhoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
26 If anyone thinks he is religious qand does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s rreligion is worthless.
2 For dwe all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, ehe is a perfect man, fable also to bridle his whole body.
A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 jSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
22 bHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.