Mark 7:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can.

Job 25:4

How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to your decrees and not to selfish gain.

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 14:3

They have all gone astray; they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one.

Psalm 53:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 53:3

They have all fallen away; they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow’s boundaries.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing and denying the Lord and turning away from following our God, talking oppression and revolt, conceiving lying words and uttering them from the heart.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Jeremiah 16:12

and because you have behaved worse than your ancestors, for here you are, every one of you, following your stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness so that you may be saved. How long shall your evil schemes lodge within you?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord God: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 9:4

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Mark 7:20

And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles.

Mark 7:22

adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

Acts 5:4

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”

Acts 8:22

Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

Romans 7:5

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

James 2:4

have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?