It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean."

You snakes---how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

You know the old saying, 'Evil is done only by evil people.' And so I will not harm you.

Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.

Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies.

Righteous people know the kind thing to say, but the wicked are always saying things that hurt.

When wise people speak, they make knowledge attractive, but stupid people spout nonsense.

Good people think before they answer. Evil people have a quick reply, but it causes trouble.

He said to him, 'You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you! You know that I am a hard man, taking what is not mine and reaping what I have not planted.

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.

Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen!

The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months.

It began to curse God, his name, the place where he lives, and all those who live in heaven.