Matthew 12:34

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You viper's brood, how can you who are evil say anything good? For your mouth simply says what your mind is busy thinking about.

Cross References

Psalm 53:1

Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral, they commit terrible sins, not a single one of them does anything good.

Psalm 64:3

What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”

Proverbs 16:23

A wise mind makes sure to say sensible things; the words spoken are persuasive.

Proverbs 4:23

Most of all, protect your mind, for everything in life flows from it.

Isaiah 32:6

For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.

Isaiah 59:4

Nobody wants justice, nobody pleads their case with honesty. They rely on false testimony, and tell lies. They conceive evil plans, and give birth to trouble.

Isaiah 9:17

As a result the Lord isn't pleased with their young men, he has no compassion for their orphans and widows, because all of them are hypocrites and do what's evil—they all talk stupidly. In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.

Matthew 12:35

A good person brings out good from their store of good things, and an evil person brings out evil from their store of evil things.

Matthew 15:18

But what comes out through the mouth comes from the mind, and that's what defiles you.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, “You vipers' brood! Who warned you to run away from the coming judgment?

Luke 3:7

John addressed the crowds that came to him to be baptized. “You viper's brood! Who warned you to flee from the coming judgment?” he asked.

Luke 6:45

Good people produce what's good from the good things they value that they have stored inside them. Bad people produce what's bad from the bad things they have stored inside them. What fills people's minds spills out in what they say.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you love to follow your father's evil desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never stood for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies he reveals his true character, for he's a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29

Don't use bad language. Speak words that will encourage people as necessary, so that those who listen will be helped.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene talk, stupid chatter, and coarse jokes are totally inappropriate—instead you should be thanking God.

James 3:2

All of us make mistakes in many ways. Anyone who doesn't make mistakes in what they say is truly a good person who can keep the whole body under control.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old saying goes, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness,’ but I myself will never try to harm you.