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18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.(A)

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

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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.(A)

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And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A) For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[b] evil, full of deadly poison.(B) With it we bless the Lord[c] and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.(C) 10 From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.6 Gk Gehenna
  2. 3.8 Other ancient authorities read uncontrollable
  3. 3.9 Other ancient authorities read God

11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”(A)

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)

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32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
    but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

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12 A scoundrel and a villain
    goes around with crooked speech,(A)

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22 He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?(A)

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The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;
    they have ceased to act wisely and do good.(A)

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13 As the ancient proverb says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness,’ but my hand shall not be against you.(A)

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The beast was given a mouth speaking arrogant and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.(A) It opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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