4 The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
6 The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
7 The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
Read all of James 3 NIVI am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Read all of Romans 1 NIVWhere you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
Read all of James 3 NIVThe world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
Read all of 1 John 2 NIVAnd now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
Read all of 1 John 2 NIVBetter a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.
Read all of Proverbs 15 NIVRemember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.
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Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Proverbs 18:6-7
(Read Proverbs 18:6-7)
What mischief bad men do to themselves by their ungoverned tongues!