tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528914492286120429.post1183389151092179315..comments2022-03-27T13:48:02.000+02:00Comments on Orthodox Societies: Practical Warnings - VersesCoptic Orthodoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03553345604408488231noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528914492286120429.post-70219245571531306072012-09-08T18:48:27.295+02:002012-09-08T18:48:27.295+02:00There is one whose rash words are like sword thrus...There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy. No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. Proverbs 12: 18 - 22 ESV<br /><br />My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Psalm 57: 4 ESV<br /><br />There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” Psalm 59: 7 ESV<br /><br />Who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. Psalm 64: 3 - 4 ESV<br /><br />You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Psalm 52: 4 - 5 ESV<br /><br />A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish. Proverbs 19: 9 ESV<br /><br />There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. Proverbs 6: 16 - 19 ESVCoptic Societieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923977523152693965noreply@blogger.com