Verse 18

But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For the whole nature of beasts, & of birds, and of creeping things, and things of the sea is tamed, and hath bene tamed of the nature of man. 8 But the tongue can no man tame. It is an vnruly euill, full of deadly poyson. 9 Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
  • Prov 10:32 : 32 The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.
  • 1 Sam 24:13 : 13 (24:14) According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, & reaping that I did not sowe.
  • Rev 13:5-6 : 5 And there was giuen vnto him a mouth, that spake great things and blasphemies, and power was giuen vnto him, to doe two and fourtie moneths. 6 And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemie against God, to blaspheme his Name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heauen.