Useless Religion

 (A study/comparison of similar verses)

For “He who would love life and see good
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips from speaking deceit.
1 Peter 3:10

 

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 10:19

 

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak
good things? For out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:34

 

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The
tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the
whole body, and sets on fire the course of
nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
James 3:6

 

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what
is good for necessary edification, that it
may impart grace to the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29