15 Bible Verses about Imagination, Evil Scheming

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.
In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

but their minds were closed. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts. They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Your eyes will see strange things,
and you will say absurd things.

In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to Him:
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,

The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”
They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy.

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.