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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Evil

• Exodus 22:28 You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
• Job 19:18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
• Psalm 10:7–8 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
• Psalm 12:3–4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue. They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips— who can be our master?”
• Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalm 35:21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
• Psalm 41:5–9 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from wh…
• Psalm 52:2–4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Psalm 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
• Psalm 64:2–5 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares.…

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Folly in

• Job 13:5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
• Job 16:3–4 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying? I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Job 38:2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
• Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
• Proverbs 12:23 A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
• Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Proverbs 14:3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
• Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 15:14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

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Wisdom in

• Job 16:5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
• Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
• Psalm 15:1–3 A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
• Psalm 39:1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
• Psalm 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
• Psalm 77:12 I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
• Psalm 119:13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
• Psalm 119:27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
• Psalm 119:54 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.

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