Matthew 12:35

A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

34O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:30The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his tongue shall speak judgment.

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

Proverbs 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

Proverbs 15:28The mind of the just studieth obedience: the mouth of the wicked over floweth with evils.

Proverbs 25:11To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Matthew 13:52He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and 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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