For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo
But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized a
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from t
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. The
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fru
For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are c
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m