Matthew 15:18

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But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

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  • Matt 12:34 : 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.
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.
  • Prov 10:32 : 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.
  • 1 Sam 24:13 : 13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'
  • Rev 13:5-6 : 5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant words and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme against God, to slander His name, His dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven.

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  • Matt 15:10-12
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    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

    11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Mark 7:18-23
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    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

    20And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

    22adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

  • Matt 15:19-20
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    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

    20These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • Mark 7:15-16
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    15There is nothing outside a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of him are what defile him.

    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Matt 15:17
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    17Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Matt 12:33-37
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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

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

    35The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.

    36I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak.

    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • Matt 15:8
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    8‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

  • Prov 16:1
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    1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • Matt 7:17-18
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    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

    18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

  • Matt 9:4
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    4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?'

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?

  • Col 3:8
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    8But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He says to you, 'Eat and drink,' but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    20From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach is filled; he is satisfied with the yield of his lips.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 4:23-24
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    23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • Matt 23:26
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    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Luke 11:39
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    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!

  • Jas 3:6
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  • Luke 6:43
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    43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.