Mark 7:21

Defilement From Within

²⁰ He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul, ²¹  for from the inside, that is, from the hearts of men, designs for doing evil come, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, ²² adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, abusiveness, haughtiness, thoughtlessness.

Out of the Heart

Sexual Immorality

Hearts Of Men

Mark

Matthew 9:4

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech.

Matthew 23:25-28

A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of your greed and self-indulgence.

Luke 16:15

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

Acts 5:4

As long as it was unsold, was it not yours, and when it was sold, was not the money at your disposal? How could you have the heart to do such a thing! You did not lie to men but to God!"

Acts 8:22

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, to see if this thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Romans 7:5

For when we were living in accordance with our lower nature, the sinful passions that were aroused by the law were operating in the parts of our bodies to make us bear fruit that leads to death.

Romans 7:8

Sin found its rallying point in that command and stirred within me every sort of evil desire, for without law, sin is lifeless.

Romans 8:7-8

Because one's thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means enmity to God, for it does not subject itself to God's law, nor indeed can it.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the practices of the lower nature are clear enough: Sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Titus 3:3

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

James 1:14-15

But anyone is tempted to do evil when he is allured by his own evil desire and enticed by a bait.

James 2:4

do you not make improper distinctions among yourselves and prove to be critics with evil motives?

James 4:1-3

What causes wars and quarrels among you? Is it not your different desires which are ever at war within your bodies? You desire things and cannot have them, and so you commit murder.

1 Peter 4:2-3

so that he no longer can spend the rest of his earthly life in harmony with human desires but in accordance with God's will.