⁷ For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

⁸ But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

⁹ With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

¹⁵ By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

³ May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,

⁴ Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

¹ > I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹² So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹ If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

² For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

³⁶ I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.

⁹ Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

²⁸ My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

¹⁹ Truth's lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only momentary.

¹² Who is someone who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?

¹³ Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.

¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁸ There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.

⁹ With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

¹¹ Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

¹² Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

²⁶ If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

² Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

³¹ The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

³² The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.

³ Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

⁴ Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

⁵ So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

⁶ And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{Gehenna is a name that describes a burning Hell with rotting bodies and unclean things in it}

⁷ For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.