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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
BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.
1 Kings 2:4
that Jehovah may continue His Word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul saying, there shall not be a man of yours cut off from the throne of Israel.
2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu did not care to walk in the Law of Jehovah, the God of Israel with all his heart, for he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
That i
Psalm 12:4
that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?
Psalm 73:8
They scoff and speak in malice of cruelty; from on high they speak.
Psalm 141:3
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
My mouth, etc
James 1:26
If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.
James 3:2
For in many things we all offend. If anyone does not offend in word, the same is a full-grown man, able also to bridle the whole body.
While
Amos 5:13
So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time; for it is an evil time.
Micah 7:5
Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those on the outside, redeeming the time.
General references
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, it is ruin to him.
Isaiah 36:21
But they were silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command, saying, Do not answer him.
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.