There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

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

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who,'say they , doth hear?

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

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

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who,'say they , doth hear?
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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