¹⁸ But ^(A)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

^34 (A)Brood^[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? ^(B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

⁶ And ^(A)the tongue is a fire, a world of ^[a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it ^(B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of ^[b]nature; and it is set on fire by ^[c]hell. ⁷ For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. ⁸ But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, ^(C)full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made ^(D)in the ^[d]similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

^11 (A)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

¹³ As the proverb of the ancients says, ^(A)‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.

The Wicked Man