Proverbs 10:20

Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is {of little worth}.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Genesis 6:5

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.

Genesis 8:21

And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Proverbs 15:4

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.

Proverbs 16:13

The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.

Proverbs 23:7

For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

Proverbs 25:11-12

Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?

Matthew 12:34-35

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

General references

Bible References

Tongue

Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:4
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Proverbs 16:13
The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.
Proverbs 25:11
Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.
Matthew 12:35
The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].

General references

Proverbs 8:10
Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.