Matthew 3:7

New International Version

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

Jeremiah 51:6

“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:6

“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

Matthew 22:23

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

Matthew 22:34

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Matthew 23:33

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 12:13

Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.

Mark 12:18

Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

Mark 8:15

“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

John 1:24

Now the Pharisees who had been sent

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

Acts 15:5

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”

Acts 20:31

So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Acts 26:5

They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

Romans 5:9

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

Hebrews 6:18

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

1 John 3:10

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.