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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General references
Bible References
Generation
Matthew 3:7
but when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadduces come to his baptism, he said to them, "Ye brood of vipers, who has warned you to fly from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33
ye serpents, ye brood of vipers, how can ye escape the punishment of Gehenna?
Luke 3:7
he said therefore to the people that crowded to be baptized by him, ye brood of vipers, who has prompted you to flee from approaching wrath?
John 8:44
you, who have the devil for your father, will execute the designs of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and deserted the truth, since he has no love for the truth: when he lyes, he speaks like himself: for he is a lyar, and the father of a lyar.
1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: he that does not practise virtue, and fraternal benevolence, is not of God.
How
Romans 3:10
as it is written, " there is none righteous, no not one:
James 3:5
so the tongue is but a small part of the body, yet how grand are its pretensions. a spark of fire! what quantities of timber will it blow into a flame?
For
Luke 6:45
a good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces what is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil: for 'tis from the abundance of the heart, that the mouth speaketh.
General references
Matthew 15:18
but what proceeds out of the mouth, is deriv'd from the heart, and that defiles the man.
Mark 7:20
but, said he, that which proceeds from a man, is what defiles him: