Matthew 12:35

A good man offers good things from a good storehouse. And an evil man offers evil things from an evil storehouse.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

34Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

36But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:6The words of the impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.

Proverbs 15:4A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.

Proverbs 15:28The mind of the just meditates on obedience. The mouth of the impious overflows with evils.

Proverbs 25:11Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Matthew 13:52He said to them, “Therefore, every scribe well-taught about the kingdom of heaven, is like a man, the father of a family, who offers from his storehouse both the new and the old.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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