Matthew 12:34

Bible in Basic English 1965

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 53:1

To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Psalm 64:3

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Psalm 64:5

They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

Proverbs 4:23

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Isaiah 32:6

For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

Isaiah 59:14

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.

Isaiah 59:4

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 9:17

For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

Matthew 15:18

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

Matthew 23:33

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Luke 3:7

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Luke 6:45

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Ephesians 5:4

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

James 3:2

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

1 John 3:10

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

1 Samuel 24:13

There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.