Matthew 12:34

The Text-Critical English New Testament

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Cross References

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of his good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasure.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape being sentenced to hell?

Matthew 3:7

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

Luke 3:7

John said to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 6:45

The good person brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart, for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.

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 and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks lies, he speaks from his own character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no foul word come out of your mouth, but only what is good for edification, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 5:4

Nor should there be any obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are not fitting, but there should be thanksgiving instead.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle his entire body as well.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.