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Genesis 6:5
When the LORD saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself,“ I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
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Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings.A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable— who can understand it?
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Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he loves one who speaks honestly.
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Proverbs 15:4
The tongue that heals is a tree of life, but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.
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Proverbs 23:7
for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.“ Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
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Matthew 12:34-35
Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.