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Matthew 12:35

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A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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  1. Colossians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 35
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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  2. Proverbs 15:4Rank 2 from verse 35
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    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

  3. Proverbs 15:28Rank 3 from verse 35
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  4. Colossians 3:16Rank 4 from verse 35
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    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  5. Proverbs 25:11–12Rank 5 from verse 35
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    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  6. Matthew 12:34Rank 6 from verse 35
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  7. Ephesians 4:29Rank 7 from verse 35
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    29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  8. Proverbs 10:20–21Rank 8 from verse 35
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    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  9. Proverbs 16:21–23Rank 9 from verse 35
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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  10. Proverbs 12:6Rank 10 from verse 35
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    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  11. Proverbs 15:23Rank 11 from verse 35
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    23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

  12. Psalms 37:30–31Rank 12 from verse 35
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

    31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

  13. Proverbs 12:17–19Rank 13 from verse 35
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    17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

    19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  14. Matthew 13:52Rank 14 from verse 35
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    52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

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Matthew 12:35

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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12:31¶ Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

12:35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

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12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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