Bible Cross References
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Psalm 34:12-16
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Would you like to enjoy life? Do you want long life and happiness?
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Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies.
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Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.
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The LORD watches over the righteous and listens to their cries;
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but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten.
love
Deuteronomy 32:47
These teachings are not empty words; they are your very life. Obey them and you will live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy."
Job 2:4
Satan replied, "A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.
Proverbs 3:2
My teaching will give you a long and prosperous life.
Proverbs 3:18
Those who become wise are happy; wisdom will give them life.
Proverbs 4:22
They will give life and health to anyone who understands them.
Proverbs 8:35
Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.
Matthew 19:17
"Why do you ask me concerning what is good?" answered Jesus. "There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life."
Mark 8:35
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.
John 12:25
Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.
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Job 7:7
Remember, O God, my life is only a breath; my happiness has already ended.
Job 7:8
You see me now, but never again. If you look for me, I'll be gone.
Job 9:25
My days race by, not one of them good.
Job 33:28
He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."
Psalm 27:13
I know that I will live to see the LORD's goodness in this present life.
Psalm 49:19
he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.
Psalm 106:5
Let me see the prosperity of your people and share in the happiness of your nation, in the glad pride of those who belong to you.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
Driven on by my desire for wisdom, I decided to cheer myself up with wine and have a good time. I thought that this might be the best way people can spend their short lives on earth.
Matthew 13:16
"As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear.
Matthew 13:17
I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.
refrain
James 1:26
Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.
James 3:1-10
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My friends, not many of you should become teachers. As you know, we teachers will be judged with greater strictness than others.
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All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.
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We put a bit into the mouth of a horse to make it obey us, and we are able to make it go where we want.
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Or think of a ship: big as it is and driven by such strong winds, it can be steered by a very small rudder, and it goes wherever the pilot wants it to go.
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So it is with the tongue: small as it is, it can boast about great things. Just think how large a forest can be set on fire by a tiny flame!
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And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.
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We humans are able to tame and have tamed all other creatures---wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish.
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But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.
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We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God.
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Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen!
speak
1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.
1 Peter 2:22
He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.
John 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, "Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!"
Revelation 14:5
They have never been known to tell lies; they are faultless.