Mark 7:21-23

New King James Version

²¹^(A)For from within, out of the heart of men, ^(B)proceed evil thoughts, ^(C)adulteries, ^(D)fornications, murders, ²²thefts, ^(E)covetousness, wickedness, ^(F)deceit, ^(G)lewdness, an evil eye, ^(H)blasphemy, ^(I)pride, foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Read full chapter

Mark 7:21-23

New American Standard Bible

²¹For from within, out of the ^[a]hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery, ²²deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, ^[b]^(A)envy, slander, ^[c]pride, and foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Mark 7:21 heart
Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
Mark 7:22 Or arrogance

Mark 7:21-23

New International Version

²¹For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, ²²adultery, greed,^(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. ²³All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Read full chapter

Matthew 15:18-19

New King James Version

¹⁸But ^(A)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. ¹⁹^(B)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

Read full chapter

Matthew 15:18-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸But ^(A)the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. ¹⁹^(B)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and ^[a]slanderous statements.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Matthew 15:19 Or abusive speech

Matthew 15:18-19

New International Version

¹⁸But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,^(A) and these defile them. ¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.^(B)

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 16:12

New King James Version

¹²And you have done ^(A)worse than your fathers, for behold, ^(B)each one ^[a]follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Jeremiah 16:12 walks after the stubbornness or imagination

Jeremiah 16:12

New American Standard Bible

¹²You too have done evil, even ^(A)more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the ^(B)stubbornness of his own ^(C)evil heart, without listening to Me.

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 16:12

New International Version

¹²But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.^(A) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts^(B) instead of obeying me.

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 17:9

New King James Version

⁹“The ^(A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And ^[a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick

Jeremiah 17:9

New American Standard Bible

⁹“The ^(A)heart is more ^(B)deceitful than all else
And is desperately ^(C)sick;
Who can understand it?

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 17:9

New International Version

⁹The heart^(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 7:24

New King James Version

²⁴^(A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but ^(B)followed^[a] the counsels and the ^[b]dictates of their evil hearts, and ^(C)went^[c] backward and not forward.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were

Jeremiah 7:24

New American Standard Bible

²⁴Yet they ^(A)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they ^[a]^(B)went backward and not forward.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Jeremiah 7:24 Lit were

Jeremiah 7:24

New International Version

²⁴But they did not listen^(A) or pay attention;^(B) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.^(C) They went backward^(D) and not forward.

Read full chapter

Genesis 8:21

New King James Version

²¹And the Lord smelled ^(A)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again ^(B)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the ^(C)imagination^[a] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(D)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 8:21 intent or thought

Genesis 8:21

New American Standard Bible

²¹The Lord ^(A)smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said ^[a]to Himself, “I will never again ^(B)curse the ground on account of man, for ^(C)the ^[b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(D)and I will never again ^[c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 8:21 Lit to His heart
Genesis 8:21 Or inclination
Genesis 8:21 Lit strike

Genesis 8:21

New International Version

²¹The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma^(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground^(B) because of humans, even though^[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.^(C) And never again will I destroy^(D) all living creatures,^(E) as I have done.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for

Genesis 6:5

New King James Version

⁵Then ^[a]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^(A)intent^[b] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil ^[c]continually.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
Genesis 6:5 thought
Genesis 6:5 all the day

Genesis 6:5

New American Standard Bible

⁵Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 6:5 Lit his heart

Genesis 6:5

New International Version

⁵The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,^(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.^(B)

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 11:8

New King James Version

⁸^(A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but ^(B)everyone ^[a]followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.’ ”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Jeremiah 11:8 walked in the stubbornness or imagination

Jeremiah 11:8

New American Standard Bible

⁸Yet they ^(A)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart, each one of them; therefore I brought on them all the ^(B)words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’”

Read full chapter

Jeremiah 11:8

New International Version

⁸But they did not listen or pay attention;^(A) instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^(B) So I brought on them all the curses^(C) of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.^(D)’”

Read full chapter

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Learn the Bible in 30 days

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible is made available by The Lockman Foundation

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV

Unleash God's Word!