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
How
For
General references
Bible References
Generation
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 23:33 “Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
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?
John 8:44 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.
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.
Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.
How
1 Samuel 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.
Psalm 10:6 He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”
from generation to generation without calamity.”
Psalm 52:2 Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
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.
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,
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 120:2 “Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”
and a deceitful tongue.”
Psalm 140:2 who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.
They stir up wars all day long.
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.
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.
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.
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 7:2
“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
as it is written:
There is no one righteous, not even one.
James 3:5
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
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.
General references
Exodus 35:21
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.
Matthew 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.
Mark 7:20
Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.