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Mark 7:15
Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”
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James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among our members. It stains the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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Matthew 12:34-37
Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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James 4:1
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?
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Hebrews 7:6
But one without this lineage collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.
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Psalms 41:6
When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully; he stores up evil in his heart; he goes out and talks.
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Micah 2:1
Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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James 1:14-15
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.