"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
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The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.