Matthew 15:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:28

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

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:11

not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.

Proverbs 4:23

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

Matthew 15:17

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?

Mark 7:20

And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.