Matthew 12:34

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Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Luke 6:45

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Matthew 23:33

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 15:18

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.

James 3:5-8

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.

Isaiah 32:6

For a fool speaks foolishness
and his mind plots iniquity.
He lives in a godless way
and speaks falsely about the Lord.
He leaves the hungry empty
and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Luke 3:7

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Psalm 10:6-7

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

Matthew 12:35

A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Psalm 52:2-5

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 53:1

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

Psalm 120:2-4

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

Psalm 140:2-3

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

Isaiah 59:4

No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.

Jeremiah 7:2-5

“Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.

Romans 3:10-14

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

1 John 3:10

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Generation

1 John 3:10

How

For

Luke 6:45

General references

Exodus 35:21

Matthew 15:18

Mark 7:20

Bible References

Generation

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

How

As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

For the choir director: on Mahalath.

A Davidic Maskil.

The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

For a fool speaks foolishness
and his mind plots iniquity.
He lives in a godless way
and speaks falsely about the Lord.
He leaves the hungry empty
and deprives the thirsty of drink.

No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

“Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord

and there call out this word: Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

For

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

General references

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.

Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.