Matthew 12:34

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

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  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
  • Matt 15:18 : 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. 8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • 1 Sam 24:13 : 13 It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.
  • Isa 32:6 : 6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
  • John 8:44 : 44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Rom 3:10-14 : 10 just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one, 11 there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” 13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Ps 10:6-7 : 6 He says to himself,“I will never be shaken, because I experience no calamity.” 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
  • Ps 53:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?”
  • Ps 120:2-4 : 2 I said,“O LORD, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue. 3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker? 4 Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
  • Ps 140:2-3 : 2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.
  • Jer 7:2-5 : 2 “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s temple and proclaim this message:‘Listen to the LORD’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD. 3 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. 4 Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,“We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!” 5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
  • Ps 52:2-5 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 3 You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah) 4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

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    17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

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    16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

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    18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

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    20He said,“What comes out of a person defiles him.

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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

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    11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

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    2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.

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    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

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    28The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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    34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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    4When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

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    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

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    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

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    2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

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    35They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

  • Jas 3:8
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    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

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    9For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.