Mark 7:20

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

Matthew 15:18

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

Matthew 4:4

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Hebrews 7:6

but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

James 4:1

Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?