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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

Do not keep talk ing so proud ly or let your mouth speak
such ar ro gance, for the Lord is a God Who knows, and by
Him deeds are weighed. (1 Samuel, 2:3)

He who an swers be fore lis ten ing—that is his fol ly and his
shame. (Proverbs, 18:13)

He who cov ers over an of fense pro motes love, but who ev er
re peats the mat ter sep a rates close friends. (Proverbs, 17:9)

... and a flat ter ing mouth works ru in. (Proverbs, 26:28)

A fool's lips bring him strife, and his mouth in vites a beat ing.
A fool's mouth is his un do ing, and his lips are a snare to his
soul. (Proverbs, 18:6-7)

From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as
sure ly as the work of his hands re wards him. (Proverbs, 12:14)

From the fruit of his lips a man en joys good things, but the
un faith ful have a crav ing for vi o lence. (Proverbs, 13:2)

But you even un der mine pi e ty and hin der de vo tion to God.
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the
crafty. Your own mouth con demns you, not mine; your own
lips tes ti fy against you. (Job, 15:4-6)

An evil man is trapped by his sin ful talk, but a right eous
man es capes troub le. (Proverbs, 12:13)

May the Lord cut off all flat ter ing lips and ev ery boast ful
tongue that says, "We will tri umph with our tongues; we own
our lips—who is our mas ter?" (Psalms, 12:3-4)

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