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
But [when he] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 23:33
Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How will you escape from the condemnation to hell?
Luke 3:7
Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "Offspring 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 do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother.
How
1 Samuel 24:13
Just as the ancient proverb says, 'From the wicked, wickedness goes out,' but my hand will not be against you!
Psalm 10:6
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 53:1
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Psalm 120:2
"Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
Psalm 140:2
who plan evil [things] in [their] heart. They stir up wars continually.
Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink.
Isaiah 59:4
There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;
Jeremiah 7:2
"Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah, [those who] enter through these gates to bow in worship to Yahweh.
Romans 3:10
just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;
James 3:5
So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!
For
Luke 6:45
The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
General references
Exodus 35:21
And they came--every man whose heart lifted him and every man whose spirit impelled him--they brought Yahweh's contribution for the work of the tent of assembly and 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 these defile the person.
Mark 7:20
And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.