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Job 17:6 (NIV)
“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
Job 17:5 (NIV)
If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
Job 17:7 (NIV)
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Job 30:9 (NIV)
“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
Proverbs 25:15 (NIV)
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 15:2 (NIV)
The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
Proverbs 21:23 (NIV)
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
Job 30:10 (NIV)
They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Proverbs 21:22 (NIV)
One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
Proverbs 17:4 (NIV)
A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Job 13:12 (NIV)
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Proverbs 26:10 (NIV)
Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
Job 13:13 (NIV)
“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.
Proverbs 23:3 (NIV)
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Psalms 66:18 (NIV)
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
Proverbs 12:20 (NIV)
Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.
Psalms 119:104 (NIV)
I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
Proverbs 15:3 (NIV)
The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
Proverbs 15:4 (NIV)
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 10:32 (NIV)
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Proverbs 10:19 (NIV)
Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
Proverbs 25:24 (NIV)
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Psalms 119:102 (NIV)
I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
Proverbs 21:24 (NIV)
The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.
Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.