Mark 7:21

Defilement From Within

²⁰ And he said, That which came out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹  For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Out of the Heart

Sexual Immorality

Hearts Of Men

Mark

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Genesis 6:5

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet odor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? no one.

Job 15:14-16

What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Psalm 14:1

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.

Psalm 14:3

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one.

Psalm 53:1

[To the Chief Musician upon mahalath. A maschil. A Song of David.] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good.

Psalm 53:3

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one.

Psalm 58:2-3

Yea, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 15:25

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the boundary of the widow.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:

Matthew 9:4

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think you evil in your hearts?

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Matthew 23:25-28

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Acts 5:4

While it remained, was it not your own? and after it was sold, was it not in your own power? why have you conceived this thing in your heart? you have not lied unto men, but unto God.

Acts 8:22

Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of covetousness. For without the law sin was dead.

Romans 8:7-8

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, impurity, licentiousness,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

James 1:14-15

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

James 2:4

Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

James 4:1-3

From where come wars and fightings among you? come they not from here, even of your lusts that war in your members?

1 Peter 4:2-3

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.