The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
Matthew 15:18 - New International Version (Anglicised) But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean and defiles [him]. American Standard Version (1901) But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. Common English Bible But what goes out of the mouth comes from the heart. And that’s what contaminates a person in God’s sight. Catholic Public Domain Version But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. |
The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
The lips of the righteous know what finds favour, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.’
‘Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
‘His master replied, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
As the old saying goes, “From evildoers come evil deeds,” so my hand will not touch you.