Matthew 12:34

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

You brood of vipers! how can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.

Cross References

Matthew 12:35

A good man, from his good stores, produces good things; while an evil man, from his evil stores, produces evil things.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a man;

Matthew 23:33

You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit?

Matthew 3:7

When, however, John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to receive his baptism, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?

Luke 3:7

And John said to the crowds that went to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?

Luke 6:45

A good man, from the good stores of his heart, brings out what is good; while a bad man, from his bad stores, brings out what is bad. For what fills a man's heart will rise to his lips.

John 8:44

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

Ephesians 4:29

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Ephesians 5:4

Nor shameful conduct, nor foolish talk or jesting, for they are wholly out of place among you; but rather thanksgiving.

James 3:2

We often make mistakes, every one of us. Any one who does not make mistakes when speaking is indeed a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body as well.

1 John 3:10

By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.