Luke 3:7
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7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A)
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Matthew 23:33
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33 You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?[a]
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- 23.33 Gk Gehenna
1 Thessalonians 1:10
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10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(A)
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Matthew 12:34
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34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A)
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Matthew 3:7-10
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A) 8 Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,(B) 9 and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.(C) 10 Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(D)
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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his
Isaiah 59:5
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5 They hatch adders’ eggs
and weave the spider’s web;
whoever eats their eggs dies,
and the crushed egg hatches out a viper.(A)
Psalm 58:4-5
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4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,(A)
5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.(B)
Genesis 3:15
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15 I will put enmity between you and the woman
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”(A)
1 John 3:8
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8 Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.(A)
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Hebrews 6:18
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18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.(A)
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Acts 13:10
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10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?(A)
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John 8:44
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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)
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