Taming the Tongue

Tame the Tongue Against Lying

Job 15:5 “Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the ________________.”

Proverbs 15:4 “The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue
________________ the spirit.”

Tame the Tongue Against Gossip

James 3:8 “But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly
________________.”

Proverbs 11:13 “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a _______________ man keeps a

secret.”

Tame the Tongue Against Judging Others

Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any ________________ talk come out of your mouths, but only
what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those
who listen.”

Tame the Tongue Against Cursing

James1:19 “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be ________________ to
listen, ________________ to speak and ________________ to become angry.”

James 3:9 “With the tongue we ________________our Lord and Father, and with it we
________________ men, who have been made in God's likeness.”
James 3:10 “Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should
not be.”

Tame the Tongue Against Being Boastful

Proverbs 27:2 “Let ________________ praise you, and not your own ________________;
someone else, and not your own lips.”

Tame the Tongue Against Anger

Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a ________________ word stirs
up anger.”
 Metaphors for the Mouth

Jeremiah 9:8 “Their tongue is a deadly ________________; it speaks with deceit. With his
mouth each speaks cordially to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a ______________for
him.”

James 3:3 “When we put ________________ into the mouths of horses to make them
obey us, we can turn the whole animal.”

James 3:4 “Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by
strong winds, they are steered by a very small ________________wherever the pilot
wants to go.”

James 3:6 “The tongue also is a ________________, a world of evil among the parts of
the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is
itself set on fire by hell.”

Proverbs 12:18 “Reckless words pierce like a ________________, but the tongue of the
wise brings healing.”

(A note from Mr. Schoch: That last verse is really a simile, since it creates a comparison
using like, as ___ as, or than).