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“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” — 1 Chronicles 16:34 “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” — 1 John 3:18
Augustine: " And the Lord includes herein man’s two mouths, one of the body, one of the heart. For when He says, Not all that goeth into the mouth defileth a man, He clearly speaks of the body’s mouth; but in that which follows, He alludes to the mouth of the heart, But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart ...
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. The New International Version translates the passage as: What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'" The New Living Translation translates the passage as:
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank ... Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse [ NB 2 ] to eat, and ...
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
[36] Henry supports his interpretation with Matthew 5:28, where Jesus warns that whoever looks at a (married) woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
In the account in the Gospel of Matthew, the Pharisees complain to Jesus that his disciples break the tradition of the elders because they do not wash their hands before eating. Jesus responds: Listen and understand. What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean', but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' [3]
572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes (Deuteronomy 19:17) 573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness (Deuteronomy 19:15) 574. Transgressors must not testify (Exodus 23:1) 575. Relatives of the litigants must not testify (Deuteronomy 24:16) 576. Not to testify falsely (Exodus 20:16) 577.