Löydetty 211 Tulokset: lying tongue
A kindly turn of speech attracts new friends, a courteous tongue invites many a friendly response. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 5)
He made them a tongue, eyes and ears, and gave them a heart to think with. (Ecclesiasticus 17, 6)
Better a slip on the pavement than a slip of the tongue; this is how ruin takes the wicked by surprise. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 18)
Lying is an ugly blot on anyone, and ever on the lips of the undisciplined. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 24)
Lying is an abominable habit, the liar's disgrace lasts for ever. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 26)
Who will set a guard on my mouth, and an efficient seal on my lips, to keep me from falling, and my tongue from causing my ruin? (Ecclesiasticus 22, 27)
There are nine things I can think of which strike me as happy, and a tenth which is now on my tongue: the man who can be proud of his children, he who lives to see the downfall of his enemies; (Ecclesiasticus 25, 7)
happy is he who keeps house with a sensible wife; he who does not toil with ox and donkey; he who has never sinned with his tongue; he who does not serve a man less worthy than himself; (Ecclesiasticus 25, 8)
Do not let water find a leak, nor a spiteful woman give free rein to her tongue. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 25)
but a woman jealous of a woman means heartbreak and sorrow, and all this is the scourge of the tongue. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 6)
That third tongue has shattered the peace of many and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overthrown the houses of the great. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 14)
The third tongue has had upright wives divorced, depriving them of reward for their hard work. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 15)
