Matthew 12:34

You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the abundance of the heart his 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

33Make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

35The good man from the good treasure of his heart produces what is good, and the evil man from the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes wickedness.' But my hand will not be against you.

Psalms 52:2Your tongue plans destruction 1 like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 1

Psalms 64:3They have sharpened their tongues like swords; 1 they have aimed their arrows, bitter words, 1

Psalms 120:2Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips 1 and deceive with their tongues. 1

Isaiah 32:6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart plans evil 1 and godless actions, and he speaks wrongly against Yahweh. 1 He makes the hungry empty, and the thirsty he causes to lack drink. 1

Isaiah 59:14Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off; 1 for truth stumbles in the public square, and right cannot come. 1

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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