Matthew 12:34

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.

35The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness, but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Psalms 52:2Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 64:3who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Isaiah 32:6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Isaiah 59:14And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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