Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Cross References (23)

  • Luke 6:45 (43)

    The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the ev

  • Matthew 15:18 (41)

    But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

  • Ephesians 4:29 (18)

    Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing g

  • 1 Samuel 24:13 (16)

    As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

  • James 3:5–8 (15)

    In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets

  • 1 John 3:10 (12)

    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness

  • Psalms 140:2–3 (12)

    who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

  • Matthew 12:35 (11)

    The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil s

  • Isaiah 32:6 (10)

    For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he l

  • John 8:44 (10)

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refus

  • Romans 3:10–14 (9)

    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

  • Matthew 23:33 (9)

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

  • Psalms 10:6–7 (8)

    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

  • Isaiah 59:14 (8)

    So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and hone

  • Psalms 64:3 (8)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  • Matthew 3:7 (7)

    But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vip

  • Psalms 52:2–5 (6)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • Luke 3:7 (6)

    Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the com

  • Psalms 120:2–4 (5)

    Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

  • Isaiah 59:4 (5)

    No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive misch

  • Psalms 53:1 (5)

    For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are c

  • Psalms 64:5 (5)

    They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

  • Jeremiah 7:2–5 (3)

    “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Juda