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.
Generation
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Bible References
Generation
Matthew 3:7
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, generations of vipers, how can you escape from the judgment of hell?
Luke 3:7
Then he said unto the multitudes coming out to be baptized by him; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you wish to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there was no truth in him. When he may speak a lie, he speaks of his own: because he is a liar, and the father of the same.
1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: every one not doing righteousness is not of God, and the one not loving his brother with divine love.
How
Romans 3:10
as has been written, There is no one good, not one:
James 3:5
so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles!
For
Luke 6:45
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure of his heart brings forth that which is wicked: for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.
General references
Matthew 15:18
But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man.
Mark 7:20
And He said, Everything proceeding out from the man, that defiles the man.