13 Bible Verses about Sinful Hearts

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.

His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
I am cleansed from my sin”?

Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. read more.
All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”