Proverbs 12:18

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”