Matthew 15:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousy, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Jas 1:13-15 : 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does He tempt anyone; 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
  • Titus 3:2-6 : 2 To speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
  • Ps 119:113 : 113 SAMECH. I hate the double-minded, but I love Your law.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
  • Rom 3:10-19 : 10 As it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one:' 11 'There is none who understands, there is none who seeks after God.' 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.' 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.' 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.' 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Rom 7:18 : 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
  • Matt 9:4 : 4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The thought of foolishness is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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