"For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:" — Matthew 15:19

Matthew 15:19 · KJV

“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”

— Matthew 15:19

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

These are {the things} which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Matthew 15 — Context

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

These are {the things} which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

Cross References

Mark 7:21-23

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {covetousness...: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses}

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Titus 3:2-6

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, {but} gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

James 1:13-15

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: {evil: or, evils}

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

Genesis 6:5

And GOD 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. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}

Romans 3:10-19

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: