Matthew 15:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.

Psalm 119:113

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

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.

Proverbs 4:23

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

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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 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?

Numbers 22:29

Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand! I would kill you right now!”

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 9:4

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

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 7:18

For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.