Tongue: Restrained by Wisdom
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Proverbs 17:27
He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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Proverbs 21:23
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
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Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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On Lent, iv.
... unless the mind is recalled from wrong-doing and the tongue restrained from slandering ...
But the devil's cleverness was rendered foolish by God's wisdom, so that ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xlii on lent iv.htm

How the Silent and the Talkative are to be Admonished.
... For it is written, My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow ... changes should be discreetly
weighed, lest either, when the tongue ought to be restrained, it run ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xiv how the silent.htm

We must Guard against Anger, Before it Arises; if it Has Already ...
... Thy ground is patience, it is wisdom, it is reason, it ... not do this, put a restraint
upon thy tongue. ... to take vengeance against Nabal, Abigail restrained by her ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxi we must guard.htm

Of the Cross, and Other Tortures of Jesus, and of the Figure of ...
... things, having received the instruction of wisdom, might speak ... For when the tongue
has begun to speak ... a worldly and wandering life being restrained, the path ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xxvi of the cross and.htm

The Prediction of the Events which Happened to Christ when He was ...
... to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them ... it is written, The Lord gives
me a tongue, that I ... be obtained by birth, or wealth, or strength, or wisdom. ...
/.../chapter cii the prediction of the.htm

The Same Endeavour and Effort after virginity, with a Different ...
... senses, which most people consider the gates of wisdom, pure and ... For having restrained
them, and kept them free from ... and of the ears, and of the tongue, and so ...
/.../chapter iii the same endeavour and.htm

Psalm LXIV.
... these same men we perceive in the wisdom of Solomon ... at the sixth hour, these did
with tongue at the ... did Pilate, how many things that they might be restrained! ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxiv.htm

Of Querulousness.
... and the tongue (that combustible part) quickly takes ... ruling providence which could
have restrained those events ... them such impressions of His Wisdom and goodness ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section x of querulousness.htm

Philippians ii. 11-May
... nor their suffering the same things themselves, restrained their madness ... And every
tongue," should "confess ... of His power also, and goodness, and wisdom, that He ...
/.../homily vii philippians ii 11-may.htm

Such was the Story of Pontitianus; but Thou, O Lord...
... Hortensius, I was stirred to an earnest love of wisdom; and still ... "Where art thou
now, my tongue? ... and she feared, as she would death, to be restrained from the ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter vii such was the.htm

Resources
Is it true that life and death are in the power of the tongue? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that the tongue is a fire (James 3:6)? | GotQuestions.org

Taming the tongue'why is it so difficult? | GotQuestions.org

Tongue: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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