Proverbs 6:12

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

Abstain from every form of evil.

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.