Matthew 12:34

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 53:1

Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David,

Psalm 64:3

Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.

Psalm 64:5

Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. He will dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the good things of your house. Holy is your temple:

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth and add grace to his lips.

Proverbs 4:23

Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.

Isaiah 32:6

For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Isaiah 59:4

There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 9:17

For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.

Matthew 12:35

A good man offers good things from a good storehouse. And an evil man offers evil things from an evil storehouse.

Matthew 15:18

But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?

Matthew 3:7

Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: "Progeny of vipers, who warned to you to flee from the approaching wrath?

Luke 3:7

Therefore, he said to the crowd that went out in order to be baptized by him: "You progeny of vipers! Who told you to flee from the approaching wrath?

Luke 6:45

A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good. And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.

Ephesians 5:4

nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.

James 3:2

For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.

1 Samuel 24:13

May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.