Proverbs 14:3

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Proverbs 14:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

2 He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

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Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 21:24

Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

Job 5:21

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Psalms 12:3

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

Psalms 31:18

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalms 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Psalms 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalms 57:4

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Daniel 7:20

I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

James 3:5

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

2 Peter 2:18

With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

Revelation 15:5

After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.

Revelation 15:6

And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Romans 10:9

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:10

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation 12:11

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.