Matthew 15:18

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

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

Proverbs 10:32

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

Proverbs 15:2

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

Proverbs 15:28

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

Proverbs 4:23

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

Proverbs 6:12

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

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

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

Matthew 15:17

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?[4]

Mark 7:20

And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

Luke 19:22

He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes wickedness.' But my hand shall not be against you.