Mark 7:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Genesis 8:21

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Job 14:4

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

Job 25:4

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

Psalm 119:36

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

Psalm 14:1

To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Psalm 14:3

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Psalm 53:1

To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Psalm 53:3

Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Proverbs 15:25

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

Proverbs 4:23

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Isaiah 59:13

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Ezekiel 38:10

This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Matthew 9:4

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

Mark 7:20

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

Mark 7:22

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

Luke 16:15

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

Acts 5:4

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

Acts 8:22

Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

Colossians 3:5

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

Titus 3:3

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

James 2:4

Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?