Matthew 12:35

New International Version

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Cross References

Colossians 4:6

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Proverbs 15:28

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

Proverbs 15:4

The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Ephesians 4:29

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Proverbs 15:23

A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Matthew 13:52

He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Matthew 7:17

Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Luke 6:45

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Job 8:10

Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?