Matthew 12:34

You viper's brood, how can you who are evil say anything good? For your mouth simply says what your mind is busy thinking about.

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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 decide that the tree is good, and its fruit is good, or decide that the tree is bad and its fruit is bad—for the tree is known by its fruit.

35A good person brings out good from their store of good things, and an evil person brings out evil from their store of evil things.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13As the old saying goes, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness,’ but I myself will never try to harm you.

Psalms 52:2You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!

Psalms 64:3What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.

Psalms 120:2Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

Isaiah 32:6For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.

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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