Matthew 15:18

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

Proverbs 15:28

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

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Matthew 15:11

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

Matthew 15:17

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

Mark 7:20

He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.

Luke 19:22

The king said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

1 Samuel 24:13

It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.