Job 19:2
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2 “How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
Revelation 6:10
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10 They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”
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2 Peter 2:7-8
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7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
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James 3:6-8
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6 And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[a]
7 People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.
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- 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).
Proverbs 18:21
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21 The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
Proverbs 12:18
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18 Some people make cutting remarks,
but the words of the wise bring healing.
Psalm 64:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
Psalm 59:7
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7 Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;
their words cut like swords.
“After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.
Psalm 55:21
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21 His words are as smooth as butter,
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
Psalm 42:10
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10 Their taunts break my bones.
They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
Psalm 13:1
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Psalm 13
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
Psalm 6:2-3
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2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
3 I am sick at heart.
How long, O Lord, until you restore me?
Job 27:2
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2 “I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—
Job 18:2
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2 “How long before you stop talking?
Speak sense if you want us to answer!
Job 8:2
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2 “How long will you go on like this?
You sound like a blustering wind.
Judges 16:16
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16 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.
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