1Sa 24:13, 25:10-11, Jer 13:23, Mat 12:34-36, 15:19, Jam 3:5-6 | ESV | STEP | As the proverb of the ancients says , Out of the wicked comes wickedness . But my hand shall not be against you.

j[See ver. 34 above]

k[Eph. 5:4, 11; 2 Pet. 1:8]

l Eccles. 12:14; Rom. 14:12; 1 Pet. 4:5

mSee Acts 17:31

n James 2:4

o ch. 5:22, 28; See Ex. 20:13-16

p Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1 Tim. 6:4

q[Ps. 12:3, 4; 73:8, 9]

r Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

s Matt. 15:18

1 Samuel 24:13

13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 25:10-11

10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, ^a“Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? ^bThere are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11 Shall I take ^cmy bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to ^dmen who come from I do not know where?”

Jeremiah 13:23

23 ^eCan the Ethiopian change his skin
or ^fthe leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
who are accustomed to do evil.

Matthew 12:34-36

34 ^gYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^hwhen you are evil? ⁱFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 ^jThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, ^kon the day of judgment ^lpeople will give account for ^mevery careless word they speak,

Matthew 15:19

19 For out of the heart come ⁿevil thoughts, ^omurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^pslander.

James 3:5-6

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^qit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^rthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^sstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}