Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 15:4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Matthew 13:52He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
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 →