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Luke 6:45
A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
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Matthew 15:18
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.
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1 Samuel 24 13
As the old proverb says,‘ Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.
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James 3:5-8
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among our members. It stains the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and fish is tamed and has been tamed by humankind,but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Ephesians 4:29
No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
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Romans 3:10-14
as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips.Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
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Matthew 12:35
A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.
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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 carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When 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 foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the LORD. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
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Psalms 140:2-3
who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long.They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s bite; viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah
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Psalms 10:6-7
He says to himself,“ I will never be moved— from generation to generation I will be without calamity.”Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
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Matthew 3:7
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“ Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
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Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
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Psalms 53:1
The fool says in his heart,“ There’s no God.” They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.
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Matthew 23:33
“ Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
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Luke 3:7
He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him,“ Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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Isaiah 59:4
No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
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Psalms 120:2-4
“ LORD, rescue me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”What will he give you, and what will he do to you, you deceitful tongue?A warrior’s sharp arrows with burning charcoal!
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Psalms 52:2-5
Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. SelahYou love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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Jeremiah 7:2-5
“ Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and there call out this word:‘ Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.“‘ This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions, and I will allow you to live in this place.Do not trust deceitful words, chanting,“ This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.”Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,
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Psalms 64:5
They adopt an evil plan; they talk about hiding traps and say,“ Who will see them?”
