A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and n
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and thei
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutte