1 Peter 3:15

but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully,

Matthew 12:34

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

Titus 1:10-11

For there are many undisciplined people, who deceive themselves with their empty talk, especially those of the party of circumcision.

James 3:6-8

And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell.

2 Peter 2:18

They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Heart

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Heart

1 Peter 3:15
but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully,

General references

Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man.