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Luke 6:45
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
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Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person.
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1 Samuel 24 13
As the proverb of the ancients says,‘ Out of the wicked comes wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
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James 3:5-8
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
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Romans 3:10-14
as it is written:“ There is no righteous person, not even one;There is no one who understands, There is no one who seeks out God;They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, There is not even one.”“ Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,”“ The venom of asps is under their lips”;“ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
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Matthew 12:35
The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.
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1John 3:10
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.
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Psalms 140:2-3
Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
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Psalms 10:6-7
He says to himself,“ I will not be moved; Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity.”His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
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Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them,“ You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
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Psalms 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
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Psalms 53:1
The fool has said in his heart,“ There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
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Matthew 23:33
You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
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Luke 3:7
So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him,“ You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Isaiah 59:4
No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.
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Psalms 120:2-4
Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you, You deceitful tongue?Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree!
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Psalms 52:2-5
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.You love evil more than good, Lies more than speaking what is right. SelahYou love all words that devour, You deceitful tongue.But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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Jeremiah 7:2-5
“ Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word, and say,‘ Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord!’ ”This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:“ Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.Do not trust in deceptive words, saying,‘ This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor,
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Psalms 64:5
They make firm for themselves an evil purpose; They talk of setting snares secretly; They say,“ Who can see them?”