Luke 6:45
A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart."
Psalm 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous one produces wisdom; his tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 4:23
Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life.
Matthew 12:34-37
You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.
Acts 8:19-23
and said, "Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone, he will receive the Holy Spirit."
Romans 3:13-14
Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.
Ephesians 5:3-4
Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
Ephesians 5:19
Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts;
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
James 3:5-8
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.
Psalm 12:2-4
Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.
Psalm 40:8-10
I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."
Psalm 41:6-7
The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.
Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Psalm 59:7
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
Psalm 59:12
The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.
Psalm 64:3-8
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 71:15-18
I will declare your righteousness and your salvation every day, though I do not fully understand what the outcome will be.
Psalm 140:5
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
Proverbs 10:20-21
What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.
Proverbs 12:18
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Proverbs 15:23
An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.
Proverbs 22:17-18
Pay attention and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching,
Jeremiah 9:2-5
Oh, that I had a lodging place for travelers in the desert, so that I could leave my people and go away from them. For all of them are adulterers, a band of traitors.
John 7:38
The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."
Acts 5:3
Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?
2 Corinthians 4:6-7
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of the Messiah inhabit you richly with wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and singing to God with thankfulness in your hearts.
Jude 1:15
15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."