Proverbs 14:3
The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
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- Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
- James 3:5–6 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Revelation 12:11 They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.