Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Bible References
Generation
Matthew 3:7
But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?
Matthew 23:33
You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
Luke 3:7
To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?
John 8:44
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 John 3:10
Here is how the children of God and the children of the devil are recognized; anyone who does not practise righteousness does not belong to God, and neither does he who has no love for his brother.
How
James 3:5
So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!
For
Luke 6:45
The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.
General references
Matthew 15:18
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart ??and that is what defiles a man.
Mark 7:20
"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.