Matthew 12:34-37

34 ¹You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ²when you are evil? ³For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 ⁴The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

36 I tell you, ⁵on the day of judgment ⁶people will give account for ⁷every careless word they speak,

37 for ⁸by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33
• 2. Matthew 7:11
• 3. Matthew 15:18, 19; Luke 6:45; [Matthew 13:52; Ephesians 4:29]
• 4. [See ver. 34 above]
• 5. [Ephesians 5:4, 11; 2 Peter 1:8]
• 6. Ecclesiastes 12:14; Romans 14:12; 1 Peter 4:5
• 7. See Acts 17:31
• 8. [Matthew 5:22; James 3:2-12]