Matthew 12:34

James Moffatt - New Testament

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

Cross References

Luke 6:45

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

Matthew 15:18

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart — and that is what defiles a man.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no bad word pass your lips, but only such speech as is good for edification, as occasion may require, words that are gracious and a means of grace to those who hear them.

1 John 3:10

Here is how the children of God and the children of the devil are recognized; anyone who does not practise righteousness does not belong to God, and neither does he who has no love for his brother.

Matthew 12:35

The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

Matthew 3:7

But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

Luke 3:7

To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

Ephesians 5:4

no, nor indecent, silly, or scurrilous talk — all that is improper. Rather, voice your thanks to God.

James 3:2

We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.