Matthew 12:34

Modern English Version

O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Cross References

Psalm 53:1

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; there is none who does good.

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, “Who will see them?”

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise guides his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 32:6

for the vile person will speak nonsense, and his heart will work iniquity: to practice hypocrisy and to utter error against the Lord, to keep the hungry unsatisfied and to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned backward, and righteousness stands far off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:4

No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, nor shall He have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, and His hand is stretched out still.

Matthew 12:35

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Matthew 15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 23:33

“You serpents! You generation of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who has warned you to escape from the wrath to come?

Luke 3:7

Then he said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bears what is good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bears what is evil. For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

John 8:44

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

Ephesians 4:29

Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

Ephesians 5:4

Let there be no filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse joking, which are not fitting. Instead, give thanks.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘From the wicked comes forth wickedness,’ but my hand will not be against you.