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So guard against useless murmuring. Keep your tongue from speaking ill. Everything you say has some consequence, even if you think that you are speaking in private. A lying mouth destroys the soul.
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A proper inquiry will be made into the plots of ungodly people. News of their words will reach the Lord and make their lawless deeds known.
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God's ear listens intently to everything anyone says. Murmurings can't be kept secret for long.
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So guard against useless murmuring. Keep your tongue from speaking ill. Everything you say has some consequence, even if you think that you are speaking in private. A lying mouth destroys the soul.
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Don't seek death through the error of your ways. Don't invite destruction on yourself by what you do.
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God didn't make death. God takes no delight in the ruin of anything that lives.