We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is wort
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an ene
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualifie
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an ene
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to e
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.