Psalms 73:9
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
BSB
ASV
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
KJV
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens. Against God himself they aim their blasphemies. One would think, to hear them, that they were demigods themselves, and held their heads above the clouds, for they speak down upon other men as from a sublime elevation peculiar to themselves. Yet they might let God alone, for their pride will make them enemies enough without their defying him. And their tongue walketh through the earth. Leisurely and habitually they traverse the whole world to find victims for their slander and abuse. Their tongue prowls in every corner far and near, and spares none.
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James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
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Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
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But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
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Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…
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But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.