If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! {a matter: or, wood}

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

But I keep under my body, and bring {it} into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

But we are all as an unclean {thing}, and all our righteousnesses {are} as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Epaphras, who is {one} of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. {labouring...: or, striving} {complete: or, filled}

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {be} glory for ever and ever. Amen. {working: or, doing}

If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before {their} enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know}

[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}

For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: {and} a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. {an...: or, a cool}

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter {any} thing before God: for God {is} in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. {thing: or, word}

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it {was} an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But let patience have {her} perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited {me} in the night; thou hast tried me, {and} shalt find nothing; I am purposed {that} my mouth shall not transgress.

If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest {such} words go out of thy mouth?

If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before {their} enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

(Now the man Moses {was} very meek, above all the men which {were} upon the face of the earth.)

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, {even} those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. {of full age: or, perfect} {use: or, an habit, or, perfection}

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, {if} the bright spots in the skin of their flesh {be} darkish white; it {is} a freckled spot {that} groweth in the skin; he {is} clean.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more {right} in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. {despise...: Heb. set us at light}

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

And whiles I {was} speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, {it is} evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash {his} feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, {if} the plague {be} somewhat dark, {and} the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it {is but} a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.