Matthew 12:34

You children of snakes! How can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.

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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

33“You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by its fruits that a tree is known.

35A good person, from his good stores, produces good things; while an evil person, from his evil stores, produces evil things.

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Cross References

Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.

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

Psalms 120:2“Deliver me, Lord, from the lip that is false and the tongue that is crafty.”

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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