Matthew 12:35

First Nations Version

Good people speak from the good medicine stored in their hearts. Evil people speak from the bad medicine stored in their hearts.

Cross References

Colossians 4:6

Think before you speak and let your words be clear. Then, like salt that brings out the good flavor, you will know how to give each person the right answer.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message of the Chosen One become a deep watering hole inside you. It will then become a refreshing spring as you teach and guide one another with wisdom and understanding. You will sing traditional prayers, sacred chants, and spiritual songs, as you dance your prayers before the Great Spirit with glad and thankful hearts.

Matthew 12:34

“You nest of poisonous snakes! How can you who are evil speak any good things? What is in your hearts will come out of your mouths.

Ephesians 4:29

Keep a close watch over the words you speak, for our mouths can be full of worthless and empty talk that will bring death to others. Let your words be full of wisdom and goodwill that will give strength and bring healing to the ones who hear you.

Matthew 13:52

He smiled and said to them, “Every scroll keeper who has learned to walk in the ways of Creator’s good road is like the head of a family, an elder who opens the medicine pouch of his heart, sharing wisdom that is both new and old, bringing new understanding to the old ways.”

Matthew 7:17

Will a sick tree give good fruit or a healthy tree bad fruit? No! Healthy trees give good fruit and sick trees give bad fruit.

Luke 6:45

“The human heart is like a medicine pouch. Good-hearted people speak from the good medicine stored in their hearts. Bad-hearted people speak from the bad medicine stored in their hearts. For the mouth will speak what the heart is filled with.