Matthew 15:18

New American Standard Bible 2020

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person.

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 perverted.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge pleasant, But the mouth of fools spouts foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Proverbs 4:23

Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 6:12

¶A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.

Matthew 15:11

It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”

Matthew 15:17

Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

Mark 7:20

And He was saying, “That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles the person.

Luke 19:22

He *said to him, ‘From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking 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 wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.