James 3:2

²⁶If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

³He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

¹⁰For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

³⁷For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

⁵So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! ⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

¹³Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

⁹Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?

²⁰Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

¹⁰As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.