Mark 7:21 · KJV
“Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {covetousness...: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses}”
— Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Mark 7 — Context
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
20For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
21Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {covetousness...: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses}
22All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
23And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know {it}: but he could not be hid.
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
James 4:1-3
From whence {come} wars and fightings among you? {come they} not hence, {even} of your lusts that war in your members? {fightings: or, brawlings} {lusts: or, pleasures}
Romans 8:7-8
Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}
Matthew 9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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