Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Bible References

That which goeth

Mark 7:15
Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
Luke 11:38
When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner.
Acts 10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!”
Acts 11:8
“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
Romans 14:14
(I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.)
1 Timothy 4:4
For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
Titus 1:15
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
Hebrews 13:9
Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

But

Matthew 15:18
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.
Matthew 12:34
Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
Psalm 10:7
Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Psalm 12:2
They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
Psalm 52:2
Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
Psalm 58:3
The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.
Isaiah 37:23
Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.
Jeremiah 9:3
They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
James 3:5
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.
2 Peter 2:18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

General references

Leviticus 11:2
“Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.
Matthew 15:18
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.
Luke 12:57
“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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