But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.
The mind of the just studieth obedience: the mouth of the wicked over floweth with evils.
O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.
A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,
He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow:
Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
The Lord judge between me and thee; and the Lord revenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.