Matthew 12:34

Good News Translation (US Version)

You snakes—how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Cross References

Luke 6:45

A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart; a bad person brings bad out of his treasure of bad things. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean.

Ephesians 4:29

Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.

1 Samuel 24:13

You know the old saying, ‘Evil is done only by evil people.’ And so I will not harm you.

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

Matthew 12:35

A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Isaiah 32:6

A fool speaks foolishly and thinks up evil things to do. What he does and what he says are an insult to the Lord, and he never feeds the hungry or gives thirsty people anything to drink.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.

Matthew 3:7

When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

Luke 3:7

Crowds of people came out to John to be baptized by him. “You snakes!” he said to them. “Who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

Isaiah 59:4

You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others.

Psalm 53:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. “No one can see them,” they say.

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Proverbs 16:23

Intelligent people think before they speak; what they say is then more persuasive.

Isaiah 9:17

And so the Lord will not let any of the young men escape, and he will not show pity on any of the widows and orphans, because all the people are godless and wicked and everything they say is evil. Yet even so the Lord's anger will not be ended, but his hand will still be stretched out to punish.

Ephesians 5:4

Nor is it fitting for you to use language which is obscene, profane, or vulgar. Rather you should give thanks to God.

James 3:2

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.