Hurtful Words

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand: — read the full passage →

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. — read the full passage →

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire.

`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known. — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

My soul <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of lions, I lie down <FI>among<Fi> flames--sons of men, Their teeth <FI>are<Fi> a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ; — read the full passage →

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators? — read the full passage →

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed, — read the full passage →

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful. — read the full passage →

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. Selah.

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth? — read the full passage →

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body; — read the full passage →

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire. — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, `Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

`And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable-- — read the full passage →

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! — read the full passage →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish. — read the full passage →

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear <FI>to<Fi> my voice when I call to Thee. — read the full passage →

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great! — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom, — read the full passage →

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea--into your hand they have been given.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, — read the full passage →