Proverbs 10:20

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

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Genesis 6:5

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and what I give is better than choice silver.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

Proverbs 23:7

for as he thinks in his heart, so is he; Eat and drink, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 25:11-12

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

Matthew 12:34-35

Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of 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 are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Matthew 12:35
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings out good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings out evil things.

General references

Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.