Matthew 12:35

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Berean Standard Bible

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

34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Matthew 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as 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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