Mark 7:22
thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;
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23all these evils come forth from within, and they defile the man.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54The man who is tender in you, and who [is] very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaves,
1 Samuel 18:8And it is exceedingly displeasing to Saul, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he says, “They have given myriads to David, and they have given the thousands to me, and what more [is there] for him but the kingdom?”
2 Chronicles 32:31and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending to him to inquire of the wonder that has been in the land, God has left him to try him, to know all in his heart.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, || And the heart of fools proclaims folly.
Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of an evil eye, || And have no desire to his delicacies,
Proverbs 27:22If you beat the foolish in a mortar, || Among washed things—with a pestle, || His folly does not turn aside from off him.
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24
The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →