Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
My mouth, etc
While
General references
Bible References
I said
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word.
1 Kings 2:4
so that Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons take heed of their way, to walk before me in faithfulness, with all their heart and with all their soul, no man of yours will be cut off from the throne of Israel.'"
2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of Yahweh God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam [by] which he caused Israel to sin.
Proverbs 4:26
May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.
Hebrews 2:1
Because of this, [it is] all the more necessary [that] we pay attention to the [things] we have heard, lest we drift away.
That i
Psalm 12:4
[those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"
Psalm 73:8
They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak [as though] from on high.
Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger.
My mouth, etc
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.
James 3:2
For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.
While
Amos 5:13
Therefore, whoever has insight will keep silent in that time, for it [is] a time of evil.
Micah 7:5
Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.
Colossians 4:5
Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.
General references
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
Isaiah 36:21
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the king was, "You must not answer him."
James 3:3
And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.