Mark 7:21

New Century Version

All these evil things begin inside people, in the mind: evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery,

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord was pleased with these sacrifices and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings. Their thoughts are evil even when they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.

Job 14:4

No one can bring something clean from something dirty.

Job 25:4

So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.

Psalm 119:36

Make me want to keep your rules instead of wishing for riches.

Psalm 14:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” Fools are evil and do terrible things; there is no one who does anything good.

Psalm 14:3

But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil. There is no one who does anything good, not even one.

Psalm 53:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” Fools are evil and do terrible things; none of them does anything good.

Psalm 53:3

But all have turned away. Together, everyone has become evil; none of them does anything good. Not a single person.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will tear down the proud person’s house, but he will protect the widow’s property.

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

Isaiah 59:13

sinning and rejecting the Lord, turning away from our God, planning to hurt others and to disobey God, planning and speaking lies.

Isaiah 59:7

They eagerly run to do evil, and they are always ready to kill innocent people. They think evil thoughts. Everywhere they go they cause ruin and destruction.

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done even more evil than your ancestors. You are very stubborn and do only what you want to do; you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 17:9

“More than anything else, a person’s mind is evil and cannot be healed. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Ezekiel 38:10

“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: At that time ideas will come into your mind, and you will think up an evil plan.

Matthew 15:19

Out of the mind come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, lying, and speaking evil of others.

Matthew 9:4

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil thoughts?

Mark 7:20

And Jesus said, “The things that come out of people are the things that make them unclean.

Mark 7:22

greed, evil actions, lying, doing sinful things, jealousy, speaking evil of others, pride, and foolish living.

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Acts 5:4

Before you sold the land, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this? You lied to God, not to us!”

Acts 8:22

Change your heart! Turn away from this evil thing you have done, and pray to the Lord. Maybe he will forgive you for thinking this.

Romans 7:5

In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things that controlled our bodies, so the things we did were bringing us death.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and cause me to want all kinds of things I should not want. But without the law, sin has no power.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.

Titus 3:3

In the past we also were foolish. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We spent our lives doing evil and being jealous. People hated us, and we hated each other.

James 2:4

What are you doing? You are making some people more important than others, and with evil thoughts you are deciding that one person is better.