Psa 41:6, Mic 2:1, Mat 12:34-37, Mar 7:15, Heb 7:6, Jam 1:14-15, 3:6, 4:1 | ESV | STEP | And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity ; when he goes out, he tells it abroad .

g[See ver. 34 above]

h[Eph. 5:4, 11; 2 Pet. 1:8]

i Eccles. 12:14; Rom. 14:12; 1 Pet. 4:5

jSee Acts 17:31

k[ch. 5:22; James 3:2-12]

lSee Acts 10:14, 15

n[ver. 3]

oSee Rom. 4:13

p Job 15:35; Ps. 7:14; Isa. 59:4

q Rom. 5:12; 6:23

r Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

s Matt. 15:18

w Rom. 7:23; 1 Pet. 2:11

Psalms 41:6

6 And when one comes to see me, ^ahe utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Micah 2:1

Woe to the Oppressors

1 ^bWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil ^con their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.

Matthew 12:34-37

34 ^dYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^ewhen you are evil? ^fFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 ^gThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, ^hon the day of judgment ⁱpeople will give account for ^jevery careless word they speak, 37 for ^kby your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Mark 7:15

15 ^lThere is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear}

Hebrews 7:6

6 But this man ⁿwho does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed ^ohim who had the promises.

James 1:14-15

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire ^pwhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^qsin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 3:6

6 And ^rthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^sstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}

James 4:1

Warning Against Worldliness

1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions ^{▼▼Greek pleasures; also verse 3} are ^wat war within you? ^{▼▼Greek in your members}