Verse 17

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
  • Col 2:21-22 : 21 Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands, 22 (Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
  • 2 Kgs 10:27 : 27 The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
  • Matt 7:19-20 : 19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire. 20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.