Mark 7:23
All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
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Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Matthew 15:18
But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
Matthew 15:20
These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
Proverbs 4:23
And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Job 14:4
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Job 15:16
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
Psalms 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Romans 1:29
Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
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James 1:15
Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.
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James 1:14
But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.
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