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Matt. 12:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

O generationo of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for outp of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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)

Luke 6:45• ⁴⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good; and the wicked [man] out of the wicked bringeth forth that which is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. (Luke 6:45)

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generation.

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 baptized 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 your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)

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1 John 3:10• ¹⁰Herein are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil: every one that doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:10)

how.

1 Sam. 24:13• ¹³As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. (1 Sam. 24:13)

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Psa. 10:6‑7• ⁶He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil.
⁷Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:6‑7)

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Psa. 52:2‑5• ²Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit.
³Thou hast loved evil [rather] than good,{HR}Falsehood [rather] than speaking righteousness. Selah.
⁴Thou hast loved all words of devouring,{HR}O tongue of deceit.
⁵God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}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, upon Mahalath; an instruction of David.{HR}The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.{HR}They have corrupted themselves,{HR}They have done abominable iniquity;{HR}There is none doing good. (Psa. 53:1)

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Psa. 64:3,5• ³Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
⁵They strengthen to themselves an evil matter;{HR}They concert to hide snares;{HR}They have said, Who will see them? (Psa. 64:3,5)

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Psa. 120:2‑4• ²Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lip of lying,{HR}From a tongue of deceit.
³What shall be given unto thee,{HR}What shall be added unto thee,{HR}O tongue of deceit?
⁴A mighty one's arrows sharpened,{HR}With coals of broom. (Psa. 120:2‑4)

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Psa. 140:2‑3• ²Who devise evils in heart;{HR}All day they gather [for] wars.
³They whet their tongue like a serpent:{HR}Adder's poison [is] under their lips, Selah. (Psa. 140:2‑3)

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Isa. 32:6• ⁶For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, 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 sueth in righteousness, 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 is fallen 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 the word of Jehovah, all ye of 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.
⁴Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, are these.
⁵For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; (Jer. 7:2‑5)

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Rom. 3:10‑14• ¹⁰even as it is written, “There is none righteous, not one;
¹¹there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out God.
¹²All went out of the way, together they became unprofitable; there is none that practiceth kindness, there is not so much as one.”
¹³“An open grave [is] their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; venom of asps [is] under their lips;
¹⁴whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; (Rom. 3:10‑14)

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James 3:5‑8• ⁵So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. See how large a wood how little a fire kindleth!
⁶And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna.
⁷For every nature of both wild beasts and birds, of both things that creep and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by the nature of man;
⁸but the tongue is none of men able to tame; an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:5‑8)

for.

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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