Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Bible References

O generation

Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?
Matthew 23:33
You serpents! You brood of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to the pit?
John 8:44
The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
Acts 13:10
and said, "You monster of underhandedness and cunning! You son of the devil! You enemy of all that is right! Will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked?
1 John 3:8
Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.

To flee

1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for the coming from heaven of his Son, whom he raised from the dead??esus, our deliverer from God's coming wrath.
Hebrews 6:18
so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us.

General references

Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him,