Sirach 19:6
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6 but one who hates discussion lacks understanding.(A)
Sirach 19:16
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16 A person may make a slip without intending it.
Who has not sinned with his tongue?(A)
Sirach 25:8
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8 Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife
and who does not plow with ox and ass together,[a]
who does not slip with the tongue
and who has not become enslaved to an inferior.(A)
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- 25.8 Heb Syr: Gk lacks and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together
Acts 2:37
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The First Converts
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[a] what should we do?”(A)
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- 2.37 Gk Men, brothers
James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
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