Matthew 15:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things make the man unholy.

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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

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity —or hate it.

Proverbs 10:32

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

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of fools spouts folly.

Proverbs 15:28

A righteous heart thinks before answering, but a wicked mouth blurts out evil things.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart diligently, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A scoundrel, a wicked man, is one who goes around with a perverse mouth,

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:11

It’s not what goes into the mouth that makes the man unholy; but what comes out of the mouth, this makes the man unholy.”

Matthew 15:17

“Don’t you grasp that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is ejected into the sewer?

Mark 7:20

And He continued, “It is what comes out of the man that makes the man unholy.

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘By the words of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked slave! You knew that I am strict, taking what I did not make and reaping what I did not sow?

1 Samuel 24:13

As the old proverb goes, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’—but my hand will never be on you.