Our words come from what’s in our hearts
 
We know this because according to Luke 6:45 –
45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (NIV)
 
So, whatever is in your heart is going to come out of your mouth.
      You can tell a lot about yourself by listening to what you say.
      -The great thing is, if you don’t like what you say, you can do some heart work and submit it to God for cleansing.

Ephesians 4:29 says,
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (NIV)   
 
The King James says it like this:
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (NIV)
 
I looked up unwholesome/corrupt in the original Greek
      It means rotten, putrid, unfit for use, poor quality

We are not supposed to let anything corrupt come out of our mouths.

Instead, we are to allow edifying things out
 
Edify – to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary )
 
The words that come out of our mouth are supposed to help others, instructing them.
      -This does not mean beat them over the head with it.

Instead:

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