American Standard Version of 1901
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He that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;But a false witness, deceit.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;But the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever;But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things.
My soul is among lions;I {Or, must lie}lie among them that are set on fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,And their tongue a sharp sword.
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
Who have whet their tongue like a sword,And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. {Or, When one speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for his father also is a liar.}When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of {Or, disciples}them that are taught, that I may know how {Or, to speak a word in season to him &c.}to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as {Or, disciples}they that are taught.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for {Greek: the building up of the need.}edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Keep thy tongue from evil,And thy lips from speaking guile.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;For there is a happy end to the man of peace.