Mark 7:22

Easy To Read Version

adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:31

One time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah. Those messengers asked about a strange sign that had happened in the nations. {\cf2\super [396]} When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him and to know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart. {\cf2\super [397]}

Psalm 10:4

Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par

Psalm 119:36

Help me think about your Agreement {\cf2\super [590]} \par instead of how to get rich.\par

Proverbs 12:23

A smart {\cf2\super [17]} person doesn’t tell everything he knows. But a foolish person tells everything and shows he is a fool.

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.

Proverbs 23:6

Don’t eat with a selfish person. And stay away from the special foods he likes.

Proverbs 24:9

The things that a foolish person plans to do are sin. People hate a person who thinks he is better than other people.

Proverbs 27:22

You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.

Proverbs 28:22

A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.

Isaiah 59:13

We sinned and turned against the Lord.\par We turned away from him and left him.\par We planned evil things.\par We planned things that are against God.\par We have thought of these things\par and planned them in our hearts.\par

Isaiah 59:7

Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Matthew 20:15

I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’

Matthew 6:23

If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light (goodness). But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness (evil). And if the only light you have is really darkness, then you have the worst kind of darkness. {\cf2\super [80]}

Mark 7:21

All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from inside a person. These things make a person wrong. {\cf2\super [89]} ”

2 Corinthians 10:5

And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 28:54

“Even the most gentle and kind man among you will become cruel. He will be cruel to other people. He will be cruel to his wife that he loves so much. And he will be cruel to his children that are still alive.

Deuteronomy 28:56

“Even the most gentle and kind woman among you will become cruel. She might be a lady so gentle and delicate that she never put her feet on the ground to walk anywhere. But she will become cruel to her husband that she loves so much. And she will be cruel to her own son and daughter.

1 Peter 2:15

So when you do good, you stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. This is what God wants.

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.