Matthew 15:11
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11 (A)it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
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Mark 7:15
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15 (A)There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[a]
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Matthew 15:18-20
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18 But (A)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come (B)evil thoughts, (C)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, (D)slander. 20 (E)These are what defile a person. But (F)to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
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James 3:5-8
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And (B)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (C)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (D)full of deadly poison.
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1 Timothy 4:4-5
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4 For (A)everything created by God is good, and (B)nothing is to be rejected if it is (C)received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy (D)by the word of God and prayer.
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Matthew 12:34-37
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34 (A)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, (B)when you are evil? (C)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 (D)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, (E)on the day of judgment (F)people will give account for (G)every careless word they speak, 37 for (H)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Luke 11:38-41
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38 The Pharisee was astonished to see (A)that he did not first wash before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him, (B)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of (C)greed and wickedness. 40 (D)You fools! (E)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But (F)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, (G)everything is clean for you.
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Acts 10:14-15
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14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; (A)for I have never eaten anything that is (B)common or (C)unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, (D)“What God has made clean, do not call common.”
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Romans 14:17
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17 (A)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but (B)of righteousness and (C)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 59:13-15
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13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
(A)speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
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14 (B)Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him[a]
that there was no justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
Psalm 12:2
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2 Everyone (A)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (B)flattering lips and (C)a double heart they speak.
Romans 3:13-14
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13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 (D)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Psalm 52:2-4
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2 Your (A)tongue plots destruction,
like (B)a sharp razor, you (C)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and (D)lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Romans 14:20
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20 (A)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (B)Everything is indeed clean, but (C)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
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Acts 11:8-9
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8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
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Jeremiah 9:3-6
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3 (A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
(B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 (C)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every (D)brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor (E)goes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
(F)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
Psalm 58:3-4
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3 The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 (B)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be (A)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, (B)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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Romans 14:14
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14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (A)that nothing is unclean in itself, (B)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
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Isaiah 37:23
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23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (A)the Holy One of Israel!
2 Peter 2:18
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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.
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Titus 1:15
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15 (A)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and (B)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both (C)their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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Isaiah 59:3-5
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3 (A)For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 (B)No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
(C)they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 They hatch adders' eggs;
they weave the spider's web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
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