Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked has little worth.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.

Genesis 6:5

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yes, better than fine gold. My yield is better than choice silver.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it destroys life.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They love the man who speaks what is right.

Proverbs 23:7

Just as he thinks in his heart: 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 settings of silver.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it?

Matthew 12:34-35

You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? 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 is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it destroys life.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They love the man who speaks what is right.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Matthew 12:35
The good man performs good things out of his good treasure. The evil man performs evil things out of his evil treasure.

General references

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