Matthew 12:34 - Tree of Life Version

³⁴ You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Children of snakes! How can you speak good things while you are evil? What fills the heart comes out of the mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:34 Cross References

Psalm 53:1

For the music director: on Mahalath, a contemplative song of David.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,

Psalm 64:5

to shoot from hiding at the innocent, shooting suddenly at him, with no fear.

Proverbs 16:23

A wise man’s heart teaches his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart diligently, for from it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 32:6

For the fool speaks foolishness and his heart works wickedness, to practice ungodliness, and speak error about Adonai, to deprive the hungry of food and withhold drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:4

No one sues justly, and none pleads a case honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 9:17

For wickedness burns like a fire and consumes the briers and thorns It kindles the thickets of the forest, so they roll up in a column of smoke.

Matthew 12:35

The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things make the man unholy.

Matthew 23:33

O snakes, you brood of vipers! How will you escape the condemnation of Gehenna?

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 3:7

Therefore John was saying to the crowds that came out to be immersed by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 6:45

“Out of the good treasure of his heart the good man brings forth good, and out of evil the evil man brings forth evil. For from the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.”

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks lies he is just being himself—for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene, coarse, and stupid talk are also out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

1 John 3:10

It is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil by this—anyone who does not act righteously or love his brother is not of God.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old proverb goes, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’—but my hand will never be on you.