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Matt. 12:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O generation
gennema (Greek #1081)
offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fruit, generation.
Pronounce: ghen'-nay-mah
Origin: from 1080
o of vipers
echidna (Greek #2191)
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: viper.
Pronounce: ekh'-id-nah
Origin: of uncertain origin
, how
pos (Greek #4459)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
KJV usage: how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: poce
Origin: adverb from the base of 4226
can ye
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, being
on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
evil
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
, speak
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
good things
agathos (Greek #18)
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
KJV usage: benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare 2570.
Pronounce: ag-ath-os'
Origin: a primary word
? for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
out
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
p of the abundance
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
perisseuma (Greek #4051)
a surplus, or superabundance
KJV usage: abundance, that was left, over and above.
Pronounce: per-is'-syoo-mah
Origin: from 4052
of the heart
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
the mouth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
stoma (Greek #4750)
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
KJV usage: edge, face, mouth.
Pronounce: stom'-a
Origin: probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114
speaketh
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
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Matt. 3:7• 7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? (Matt. 3:7)
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Luke 6:45• 45The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)

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Matt. 3:7• 7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? (Matt. 3:7)
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Matt. 23:33• 33Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell? (Matt. 23:33)
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Luke 3:7• 7He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? (Luke 3:7)
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John 8:44• 44Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father: (John 8:44)
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1 John 3:10• 10In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:10)
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1 Sam. 24:13• 13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee. (1 Sam. 24:13)
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Psa. 10:6‑7• 6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
 7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:6‑7)
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Psa. 52:2‑5• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
 3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
 4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
 5*God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. (Psa. 52:2‑5)
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Psa. 53:1• 1To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. (Psa. 53:1)
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Psa. 64:3,5• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? (Psa. 64:3,5)
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Psa. 120:2‑4• 2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
 3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
 4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood. (Psa. 120:2‑4)
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Psa. 140:2‑3• 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.
 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psa. 140:2‑3)
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Isa. 32:6• 6for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. (Isa. 32:6)
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Isa. 59:4,14• 4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
 14And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. (Isa. 59:4,14)
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Jer. 7:2‑5• 2Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.
 3Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
 4Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.
 5But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour, (Jer. 7:2‑5)
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Rom. 3:10‑14• 10according as it is written, There is not a righteous man, not even one;
 11there is not the man that understands, there is not one that seeks after God.
 12All have gone out of the way, they have together become unprofitable; there is not one that practises goodness, there is not so much as one:
 13their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips:
 14whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; (Rom. 3:10‑14)
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James 3:5‑8• 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;
 8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison. (James 3:5‑8)
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Luke 6:45• 45The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked man out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

W. Kelly Translation

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Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)