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

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."

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"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.'"

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

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

Just like the ancient proverb says, "From wicked people comes wickedness,' but I'm not against you.
They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."
who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.
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.
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.
"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.'"
As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.
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

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."

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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.
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.
Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean,

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