Mark 7:21

Defilement From Within

²⁰ Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. ²¹ For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, ²² adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

Out of the Heart

Sexual Immorality

Hearts Of Men

Mark

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Job 14:4

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

Job 15:14-16

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 14:1

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Psalm 14:3

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Psalm 53:1

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Psalm 53:3

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Psalm 58:2-3

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord destroys the house of the proud,
but He protects the widow’s territory.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run after evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?

Ezekiel 38:10

“This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Matthew 9:4

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Matthew 23:25-28

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

Luke 16:15

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

Acts 5:4

Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”

Acts 8:22

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us and bore fruit for death.

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Romans 8:7-8

For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

James 1:14-15

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

James 2:4

haven’t you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

James 4:1-3

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

1 Peter 4:2-3

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.