Löydetty 132 Tulokset: Tongue

• A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; so the downfall of the wicked will occur speedily. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 18)

• O that a guard were set over my mouth, and a seal of prudence upon my lips, that it may keep me from falling, so that my tongue may not destroy me! (Ecclesiasticus 23, 27)

• With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes; (Ecclesiasticus 26, 7)

• happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself; (Ecclesiasticus 26, 8)

• There is grief of heart and sorrow when a wife is envious of a rival, and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 6)

• The blow of a whip raises a welt, but a blow of the tongue crushes the bones. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 17)

• Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have fallen because of the tongue. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 18)

• Beware lest you err with your tongue, lest you fall before him who lies in wait. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 26)

• Speak concisely, say much in few words; be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue. (Ecclesiasticus 33, 8)

• four turns of fortune appear, good and evil, life and death; and it is the tongue that continually rules them. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 18)

• for thou hast been my protector and helper and hast delivered my body from destruction and from the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that utter lies. Before those who stood by thou wast my helper, (Ecclesiasticus 52, 2)

• from the depths of the belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue and lying words -- (Ecclesiasticus 52, 5)