Matthew 12:34 Cross References
Matthew 12:34
34: You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
Luke 6:45
- A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
Matthew 15:18
- But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the person who says them.
Ephesians 4:29
- Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
James 3:5
- So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
- And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
- People can tame all kinds of animals and birds and reptiles and fish,
- but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison.
1 Samuel 24:13
- As that old proverb says, `From evil people come evil deeds.' So you can be sure I will never harm you.
1 John 3:10
- So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not obey God's commands and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.
Romans 3:10
- As the Scriptures say, "No one is good--not even one.
- No one has real understanding; no one is seeking God.
- All have turned away from God; all have gone wrong. No one does good, not even one."
- "Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their speech is filled with lies.The poison of a deadly snake drips from their lips."
- "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
John 8:44
- For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 12:35
- A good person produces good words from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil words from an evil heart.
Isaiah 32:6
- Everyone will recognize ungodly fools for what they are. They spread lies about the LORD; they deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty.
Psalms 140:2
- those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.
- Their tongues sting like a snake; the poison of a viper drips from their lips.
Isaiah 59:14
- Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed.
Matthew 3:7
- But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he denounced them. "You brood of snakes!" he exclaimed. "Who warned you to flee God's coming judgment?
Psalms 10:6
- They say to themselves, "Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!"
- Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
Psalms 64:3
- Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.
Luke 3:7
- Here is a sample of John's preaching to the crowds that came for baptism: "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee God's coming judgment?
Psalms 53:1
- Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one does good!
Matthew 23:33
- Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
Isaiah 59:4
- No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
Psalms 52:2
- All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.
- You love evil more than good and lies more than truth.
- You love to say things that harm others, you liar!
- But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and drag you from the land of the living.
Psalms 120:2
- Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
- O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
- You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
Jeremiah 7:2
- "Go to the entrance of the LORD's Temple, and give this message to the people: `O Judah, listen to this message from the LORD! Listen to it, all of you who worship here!
- The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.
- But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.
- I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
Psalms 64:5
- They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps. "Who will ever notice?" they ask.