1 Samuel 24:13
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13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘(A)Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
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Isaiah 32:6
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6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [a](A)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice (B)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To [b](C)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [c]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
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- Isaiah 32:6 Or does
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit make empty the hungry soul
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit he causes to lack
Matthew 12:34-35
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34 (A)You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak [a]what is good? (B)For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 (C)The good man brings out of his good treasure [b]what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure [c]what is evil.
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- Matthew 12:34 Lit good things
- Matthew 12:35 Lit good things
- Matthew 12:35 Lit evil things
Matthew 15:18
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18 But (A)the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
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Luke 6:45
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45 (A)The good man out of the good [a]treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; (B)for his mouth speaks from [b]that which fills his heart.
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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Let no [a](A)unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for (B)edification [b]according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
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- Ephesians 4:29 Lit rotten
- Ephesians 4:29 Lit of the need
James 3:2-12
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2 For we all (A)stumble in many ways. (B)If anyone does not stumble in [a]what he says, he is a (C)perfect man, able to (D)bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now (E)if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. 4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it (F)boasts of great things.
(G)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And (H)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which (I)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our [b]life, and is set on fire by [c](J)hell. 7 For every [d]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human [e]race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of (K)deadly poison. 9 With it we bless (L)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, (M)who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. 11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both [f]fresh and bitter water? 12 (N)Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce [g]fresh.
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- James 3:2 Lit word
- James 3:6 Or existence, origin
- James 3:6 Gr Gehenna
- James 3:7 Lit nature
- James 3:7 Lit nature
- James 3:11 Lit sweet
- James 3:12 V 11, note 1
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