Matthew 15:19
Good News Translation
For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

New Revised Standard Version
For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

Contemporary English Version
Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

New American Bible
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

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Genesis 6:5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Genesis 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Proverbs 4:23 Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

Proverbs 6:14 To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Proverbs 24:9 The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

Mark 7:21-23 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, . . .

Romans 3:10-19 As it is written: There is not any man just. . . .

Romans 7:18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will is present with me: but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.

Romans 8:7,8 Because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to God. For it is not subject to the law of God: neither can it be. . . .

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, . . .

Ephesians 2:1-3 And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, . . .

Titus 3:2-6 To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men. . . .

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Matthew 9:4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Psalm 119:113 I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.

Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Acts 8:22 Do penance therefore for this thy wickedness: and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee.

James 1:13-15 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man. . . .

Context
What Defiles a Man
18But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 19For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 20These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.…
Cross References
Genesis 6:5
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Numbers 22:29
Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill thee.

Proverbs 4:23
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

Proverbs 24:9
The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.

Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,

Matthew 15:18
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