Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Psalms 119:113I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
Proverbs 6:14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →