6 And ithe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, jstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
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Psalm 120:2–4
Deliver me, O LORD,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given to you,
and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
A warrior’s sharp arrows,
with glowing coals of the broom tree!
Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Matthew 15:18
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
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