Proverbs 17:20
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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- James 3:6–8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
- Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
- Psalm 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.