Matthew 15:11
It is not what enters a man's mouth that 'defiles' him, but what comes out from his mouth--that does defile him!"
Acts 10:14-15
"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."
Mark 7:15
There is nothing external to a man, which by going into him can 'defile' him; but the things that come out from a man are the things that defile him."
Matthew 12:34-37
You brood of vipers! how can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.
Matthew 15:18-20
But the things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a man;
Luke 11:38-41
The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
Acts 11:8-9
'No, Lord, I cannot,' I answered, 'for nothing 'defiled' or 'unclean' has ever passed my lips.'
Romans 3:13-14
'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'
Romans 14:14
Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is 'defiling in itself.' A thing is 'defiling' only to him who holds it to be so.
Romans 14:17
For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:20
Do not undo God's work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is 'clean,' yet, if a man eats so as to put a stumbling- block in the way of others, he does wrong.
1 Timothy 4:4-5
Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected--provided only that it is received thankfully;
Titus 1:15
Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength upon the divine help, than upon regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.
James 3:5-8
So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze!
2 Peter 2:18
With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.