Matthew 12:35

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Cross References

Job 8:10

Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 13:52

And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

Matthew 7:17

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.