Matthew 15:18 Cross References - LEB

¹⁸ But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

¹³ Just as the ancient proverb says, 'From the wicked, wickedness goes out,' but my hand will not be against you!

³ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight and to do good.

¹² A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with _⌊deceitful speech_⌋.*

³² The lips of the righteous know the acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.

² The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

²⁸ A heart* of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

³⁴ Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things when you* are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

¹¹ It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person."

²² He said to him, '_⌊By your own words_⌋* I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire! The world of unrighteousness,* the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire _⌊the course of human existence_⌋*, being set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every species of animals and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is being tamed and has been tamed by the human species, ⁸ but no human being is able to tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless the* Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. ¹⁰ From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!

⁵ And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority to act was given to him for forty-two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemies toward God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling, those who live in heaven.