Matthew 12:34

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

Luke 6:45

A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart."

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

James 3:5-8

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

1 Samuel 24:13

Just like the ancient proverb says, "From wicked people comes wickedness,' but I'm not against you.

Isaiah 32:6

For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

Luke 3:7

John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Psalm 10:6-7

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

Matthew 12:35

A good person brings good things out of a good treasure house, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure house.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

Psalm 52:2-5

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Psalm 53:1

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

Psalm 64:3

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

Psalm 64:5

They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"

Psalm 120:2-4

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

Psalm 140:2-3

who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.

Isaiah 59:4

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:14

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Jeremiah 7:2-5

"Stand at the gate of the LORD's Temple and proclaim this message there. Say, "Listen to this message from the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.'"

Romans 3:10-14

As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

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Summary

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

For

General references

Bible References

Generation

Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 23:33
You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
Luke 3:7
John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
John 8:44
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 John 3:10
This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

How

1 Samuel 24:13
Just like the ancient proverb says, "From wicked people comes wickedness,' but I'm not against you.
Psalm 10:6
They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Psalm 53:1
Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 120:2
"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."
Psalm 140:2
who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.
Isaiah 32:6
For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.
Isaiah 59:4
No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 7:2
"Stand at the gate of the LORD's Temple and proclaim this message there. Say, "Listen to this message from the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.'"
Romans 3:10
As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.
James 3:5
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

For

Luke 6:45
A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart."

General references

Exodus 35:21
and every person whose heart moved him and all whose spirits prompted them, brought an offering to the LORD for constructing the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.
Mark 7:20
Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean,

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