Job 5:21

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You will be protected from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.

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  • Ps 31:20 : 20 How abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked out for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of humanity.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.'
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Ps 91:5-7 : 5 You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that strikes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

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