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Luke 6:45
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Luke 6:45
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45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.(A)
Proverbs 4:23
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Proverbs 4:23
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Matthew 12:34-37
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Matthew 12:34-37
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(C)
Ephesians 4:29
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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
John 7:38
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John 7:38
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Psalm 37:30-31
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Psalm 37:30-31
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Colossians 3:16
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Colossians 3:16
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16 Let the message of Christ(A) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom(B) through psalms,(C) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.(D)
Psalm 59:12
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Psalm 59:12
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Colossians 4:6
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Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your conversation be always full of grace,(A) seasoned with salt,(B) so that you may know how to answer everyone.(C)
Psalm 52:2-4
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Psalm 52:2-4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
Romans 3:13-14
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Romans 3:13-14
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- Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
- Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
- Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.(A)
James 3:5-8
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James 3:5-8
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5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(A) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire,(B) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(C) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(D)
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(E)
Hebrews 8:10
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Hebrews 8:10
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Psalm 41:6-7
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Psalm 41:6-7
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6 When one of them comes to see me,
he speaks falsely,(A) while his heart gathers slander;(B)
then he goes out and spreads(C) it around.
7 All my enemies whisper together(D) against me;
they imagine the worst for me, saying,
Psalm 12:2-4
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Psalm 12:2-4
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Psalm 40:8-10
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Psalm 40:8-10
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Acts 8:19-23
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Acts 8:19-23
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19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(A) 21 You have no part or share(B) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(C) before God. 22 Repent(D) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
Psalm 64:3-8
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Psalm 64:3-8
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3 They sharpen their tongues like swords(A)
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(B)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(C)
they shoot suddenly, without fear.(D)
Footnotes
- Psalm 64:5 Or us
Ephesians 5:19
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Ephesians 5:19
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19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.(A) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
Ephesians 5:3-4
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Ephesians 5:3-4
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3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(C) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(D)
Jeremiah 9:2-5
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Jeremiah 9:2-5
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2 Oh, that I had in the desert(A)
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(B)
a crowd of unfaithful(C) people.
3 “They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;(D)
it is not by truth
that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge(E) me,”
declares the Lord.
4 “Beware of your friends;(F)
do not trust anyone in your clan.(G)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](H)
and every friend a slanderer.(I)
5 Friend deceives friend,(J)
and no one speaks the truth.(K)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(L)
they weary themselves with sinning.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
- Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob
2 Corinthians 4:6-7
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2 Corinthians 4:6-7
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6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay(D) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(E) and not from us.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
Psalm 71:15-18
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Psalm 71:15-18
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15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
of your saving acts all day long—
though I know not how to relate them all.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,(C) Sovereign Lord;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(D) me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(E)
18 Even when I am old and gray,(F)
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(G) to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come.(H)
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