Matthew 12:34
Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness,—mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee.
Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Psalms 64:3Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;
Psalms 120:2O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue.
Isaiah 32:6For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity,—Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail;
Isaiah 59:14So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And righteousness, afar off, standeth,—For truth, hath stumbled in the broad-way, And, right, 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 →