Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Bible References
Death
Matthew 12:35
a good man out of the good treasure produces good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, produces evil things.
Romans 10:14
But how, say you, shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
2 Corinthians 2:16
by the one my preaching is taken as a deadly poison, to the other it is a reviving potion. and who is so sufficient for such a commission?
2 Corinthians 11:15
therefore it is not strange if his agents are so disguised as to appear like ministers of the gospel; but their end shall be answerable to their actions.
Ephesians 4:29
let no obscene language defile your mouth, use only such as tends to edification, that it may be beneficial to the hearers.
Colossians 4:6
let an air of modesty appear in all your discourse; and let it be seasoned with discretion, in making a proper reply, when you are call'd into question.
Titus 1:10
For there are many, especially among the Jews, who are obstinate, vain talkers and deceivers;
James 3:6
the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.
2 Peter 2:18
when their language swells with vanity, by applying to the sensual passions of the licentious, they allure those who were escap'd for a while, from such deceivers: