Matthew 12:34

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow   of the heart.

Cross References

Luke 6:45

A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Matthew 15:18

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need,  so that it gives grace to those who hear.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old proverb says, “Wickedness comes from wicked people.”  My hand will never be against you.

1 John 3:10

This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

Matthew 12:35

A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil,   and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer   from the beginning   and does not stand in the truth,   because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,   because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Isaiah 32:6

For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the  Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Matthew 23:33

‘Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?   ,

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees  coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 3:7

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptised by him, ‘Brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Isaiah 59:4

No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of a wise person instructs his mouth; it adds learning to his speech.  ,

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over  Israel’s young men and has no compassion on its fatherless and widows, for everyone is a godless evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways.  If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.