Mark 7:20
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20 And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles.
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Mark 7:20
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20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
James 3:6
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6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
James 3:6
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)
Mark 7:15
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15 there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”[a]
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- 7.15 Other ancient authorities add 7.16: “If you have ears to hear, then hear”
Mark 7:15
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15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
James 4:1
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Friendship with the World
4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?
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James 4:1
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?
Hebrews 7:6
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6 But this man, who does not belong to their ancestry, collected tithes[a] from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.(A)
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- 7.6 Or a tenth
Hebrews 7:6
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6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed(A) him who had the promises.(B)
Matthew 12:34-37
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34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A) 35 The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Matthew 12:34-37
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(C)
Micah 2:1
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Social Evils Denounced
2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in their power.(A)
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- 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil
Micah 2:1
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Human Plans and God’s Plans
Psalm 41:6
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6 And when they come to see me, they utter empty words
while their hearts gather mischief;
when they go out, they tell it abroad.(A)
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James 1:14-15
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)
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James 1:14-15
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14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(C)
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