Psalms 39:2

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I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 32:19-20 : 19 Inside me, my heart is like wine that has no vent, ready to burst like new wineskins. 20 Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.
  • Ps 38:13-14 : 13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to harm me speak of ruin and plot deception all day long. 14 But I am like a deaf man who does not hear, and like a mute man who cannot open his mouth.
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.
  • Matt 27:12-14 : 12 While He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to Him, 'Do you not hear how many charges they bring against You?' 14 But Jesus did not answer even a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'

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