You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.Good people bring good things out of the good stored up in them, and evil people bring evil things out of the evil stored up in them. But I tell you that people will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile you. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile you; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile you.

Good people bring good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and evil people bring evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction. Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools. The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips … love one another deeply, from the heart.

Mt 12:34; Mt 12:35-37; Mt 15:18-20; Lu 6:45; Pr 16:21-23; Ec 10:12, 1Pe 1:22

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