James 3:5
So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
Psalm 73:8-9
They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
Psalm 10:3
Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
Psalm 12:2-4
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
Psalm 17:10
They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
Psalm 52:1-2
For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
Jeremiah 9:3-8
The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."
Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.
Revelation 13:5-6
The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!"
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
2 Kings 19:22-24
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
Job 21:14-15
So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
Job 22:17
They were saying to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Ezekiel 29:3
Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself."
Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don't pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?"
Daniel 4:30
The king uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?"
2 Peter 2:18
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
Jude 1:16
These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.