Matthew 15:19

New International Version

For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Proverbs 4:23

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

Acts 8:22

Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Proverbs 6:14

who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.

Psalm 119:113

I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.

Romans 7:18

For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Matthew 9:4

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

Proverbs 24:9

The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Numbers 22:29

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”