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Mark 7:15
there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person.”
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James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
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Matthew 12:34-37
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment.For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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James 4:1
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body’s parts?
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Hebrews 7:6
But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.
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Psalms 41:6
And when he comes to see me, he speaks empty words; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.
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Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands.
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James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.