Psalm 39:1

Revised Version 1885

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

That the LORD may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

1 Chronicles 16:41

and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

Job 2:10

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.

Psalm 119:9

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Psalm 141:3

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

Psalm 34:13

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

Psalm 62:1

My soul waiteth only upon God: From him cometh my salvation.

Psalm 77:1

I will cry unto God with my voice; Even unto God with my voice, and he wilt give ear unto me.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 21:23

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

Amos 5:13

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

James 1:26

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.