Matthew 15:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean and defiles [him].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But what goes out of the mouth comes from the heart. And that’s what contaminates a person in God’s sight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

Matthew 15:18 Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A scoundrel and a villain goes around with crooked speech,

Matthew 12:34

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.

Matthew 15:11

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”

Matthew 15:17

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?

Mark 7:20

And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles.

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

1 Samuel 24:13

As the ancient proverb says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.