Matthew 15:11

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

Cross References (23)

  • Mark 7:15 (37)

    Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile

  • Matthew 15:18–20 (31)

    But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

  • James 3:5–8 (20)

    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

  • 1 Timothy 4:4–5 (18)

    For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

  • Matthew 12:34–37 (18)

    You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Acts 10:14–15 (14)

    “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

  • Romans 14:17 (14)

    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  • Psalms 12:2 (13)

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

  • Luke 11:38–41 (13)

    But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

  • Romans 3:13–14 (12)

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

  • Isaiah 59:13–15 (12)

    rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies

  • Psalms 10:7 (11)

    His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

  • Psalms 52:2–4 (11)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • Jeremiah 9:3–6 (9)

    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do

  • Psalms 58:3–4 (9)

    The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

  • Acts 11:8–9 (9)

    ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

  • Hebrews 13:9 (8)

    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

  • Romans 14:20 (8)

    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

  • Romans 14:14 (7)

    I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something

  • Titus 1:15 (6)

    To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and thei

  • 2 Peter 2:18 (6)

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from

  • Isaiah 37:23 (5)

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the

  • Isaiah 59:3–5 (4)

    For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutte