Proverbs 25:18

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

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

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.”

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

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.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

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

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

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.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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

After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

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

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

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.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

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.

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

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.

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

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

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.

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.

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

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

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

A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

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.