Proverbs 10:20
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.
Genesis 6:5
The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.
Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, "I will never again curse the land because of human beings even though human inclinations remain evil from youth nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I've done.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver.
Proverbs 15:4
A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit.
Proverbs 16:13
Kings take pleasure in righteous speech; they treasure a person who speaks what is upright.
Proverbs 23:7
for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you.
Proverbs 25:11-12
Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.
Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
Matthew 12:34-35
You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.