The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit. There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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