Matthew 9:4 directly parallels: Jesus confronts 'evil in your hearts,' the very source of the sins listed here.

Matthew 23:28 continues the same contrast: outwardly righteous but within full of hypocrisy — echoing the heart as the source.

Matthew 23:25 attacks hypocrisy: inside full of greed/self‑indulgence — the same inner defilement Jesus traces to the heart.

Matthew 5:37 says anything beyond yes/no 'comes from evil' — connecting speech with the evil heart that produces false witness.

In Isaiah 55:7, the call to forsake wicked thoughts parallels Jesus' teaching that evil thoughts originate from the heart.

Galatians 5:19-21 lists 'works of the flesh' (sexual immorality, jealousy, etc.)—parallel to the catalog of heart-sourced sins.

In Acts 8:22, the call to repent of the heart's intent aligns with Jesus' teaching that evil proceeds from the heart.

Mark 7:21-23 expands the same list of heart-sourced evils, adding coveting, deceit, envy, pride, and foolishness.

Jeremiah 17:9 declares the heart desperately wicked, reinforcing the source of the evils Jesus enumerates from the heart.

In Jeremiah 4:14, the command to wash the heart from evil echoes the heart as the source of wicked thoughts in Matthew.

In Isaiah 59:7, evil thoughts and swiftness to shed blood mirror the murder and evil thoughts from the heart in Matthew.

In James 1:13-15, sin originates from internal desire, matching Jesus' teaching that evil actions come from the heart's thoughts.

Proverbs 4:23 warns to guard the heart because 'out of it are the issues of life,' directly echoing Jesus' teaching that out of the heart come evil actions.

Genesis 6:5 describes every thought of man's heart as evil, directly paralleling the list of evils that proceed from the heart in Matthew.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 states plainly that the hearts of men are full of evil—the very same diagnosis Jesus gives here.

Isaiah 32:6 describes the fool's heart busy with iniquity, leading to evil speech and actions—mirroring Jesus' list.

Colossians 3:5 urges putting to death the same sins—sexual immorality, impurity, evil desire—calling for active mortification of what springs from the heart.

Proverbs 15:26 calls the thoughts of the wicked an abomination—directly parallel to 'evil thoughts' coming from the heart.

Zechariah 8:17 similarly warns against devising evil in the heart, aligning with how Jesus lists evil thoughts as coming from within.

James 4:1 traces quarrels to inner passions at war, mirroring Jesus' point that evil desires from the heart cause outward sins.

Psalm 14:1 shows the fool's heart denies God and leads to corrupt deeds—the same inner source of evil Jesus describes here.

In 1 Samuel 24:13, the proverb 'out of the wicked comes wickedness' parallels Jesus' teaching that evil actions come from the heart.

Luke 11:39 parallels Matthew 23:25, also rebuking Pharisees for inside full of greed/wickedness — heart defilement.

In Deuteronomy 15:9, a base thought in the heart leads to sin, exactly mirroring Jesus' teaching that evil thoughts originate from the heart.

Genesis 8:21 states man's heart is evil from youth, affirming the innate sinfulness that produces the evils listed in Matthew.

Revelation 9:21 lists unrepented murders, sexual immorality, thefts—matching sins Jesus says come from the heart—showing persistent rebellion.

Romans 7:5 describes sinful passions at work in us — Paul’s theological reflection on sin originating from the flesh/heart.

Romans 7:18 confirms that sin comes from within: 'nothing good dwells in my flesh'—echoing the internal source of evil.

Romans 3:10-19 catalogs universal sinfulness—deceit, bloodshed—showing the same depravity Jesus traced to the heart.

Ephesians 5:3 commands that sexual immorality and impurity not even be named among believers, reinforcing the call to purity from the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:22 acknowledges everyone's heart knows they have cursed others—confirming the universal heart-sourced evil speech.

Proverbs 24:9 says 'the thought of foolishness is sin,' directly linking thoughts to sin as Jesus lists evil thoughts from the heart.

Proverbs 12:17 contrasts truth-teller and false witness—the latter matches Jesus' list of heart-sourced sins.

Proverbs 6:14 describes a man who devises evil continually, illustrating the same 'evil thoughts' that Jesus says proceed from the heart.

Revelation 13:6 depicts the beast uttering blasphemies, a specific instance of the slander/blasphemy Jesus includes as heart-sourced evil.

Romans 8:7 explains that the fleshly mind is hostile to God—the same rebellion traced to the heart's evil thoughts.

Ephesians 2:1-3 describes living in 'passions of our flesh'—the same internal drive that produces evil from the heart.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 identifies abstaining from sexual immorality as God's will for sanctification, echoing the heart-sin list.