Matthew 15:18

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wrong and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the [uncompromisingly] righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. [I Pet. 3:15.]

Proverbs 4:23

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, is he who goes about with a perverse (contrary, wayward) mouth.

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him].

Matthew 15:17

Do you not see and understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the abdomen and so passes on into the place where discharges are deposited?

Mark 7:20

And He said, What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean and renders [him] unhallowed.

Luke 19:22

He said to the servant, I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?

1 Samuel 24:13

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