Matthew 15:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has ceased to be wise and to 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 uses knowledge aright, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous reflects on how to reply, but the mouth of the wicked spews out evil.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:11

That which goes into the mouth does not defile a man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Matthew 15:17

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters at the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into the sewer?

Mark 7:20

And He said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

Luke 19:22

“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an exacting man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘From the wicked comes forth wickedness,’ but my hand will not be against you.