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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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 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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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”
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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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
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)
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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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
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