Matthew 12:34 - New International Version (Anglicised)

³⁴ You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Children of snakes! How can you speak good things while you are evil? What fills the heart comes out of the mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:34 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 53:1

The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no-one who does good.

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, ‘Who will see it?’

Proverbs 16:23

The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.

Proverbs 4:23

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Isaiah 32:6

For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: they practise ungodliness and spread error concerning the Lord; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.

Isaiah 59:14

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:4

No-one calls for justice; no-one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

Matthew 12:35

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Matthew 15:18

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

Matthew 23:33

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

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptising, 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 coming out to be baptised by him, ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 6:45

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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.

Ephesians 4:29

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Ephesians 5:4

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

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.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old saying goes, “From evildoers come evil deeds,” so my hand will not touch you.