12 Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. (WEB) 13 Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. (WEB) 14 Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer. (WEB)
Sirach 7:12–14
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Proverbs 24:27–29
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house. 28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to…
Psalms 34:12–14
12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Sirach 5:13–15
13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. (WEB) 14 Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue. (WEB) 15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matt… (WEB)
1 Clement 22:2–4
2 What man is he that desireth life and loveth to see good days? (1CL) 3 Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. (1CL) 4 Turn aside from evil and do good. (1CL)
Sirach 23:8–10
8 The sinner will be overpowered through his lips. By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble. (WEB) 9 Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath, and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One, (WEB) 10 for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises, so he… (WEB)
Sirach 1:28–30
28 Don’t disobey the fear of the Lord. Don’t come to him with a double heart. (WEB) 29 Don’t be a hypocrite in men’s sight. Keep watch over your lips. (WEB) 30 Don’t exalt yourself, lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul. The Lord will reveal your secrets and will cast you… (WEB)
Proverbs 4:23–25
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. 24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. 25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Sirach 19:14–16
14 Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again. (WEB) 15 Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. (WEB) 16 There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinne… (WEB)
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