17 Bible Verses about The Inward Being

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Surely You desire integrity in the inner self,
and You teach me wisdom deep within.

The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,
searching the innermost parts.

Fools! Didn’t He who made the outside make the inside too?

On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter. That man’s praise is not from men but from God.

But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.

Lashes and wounds purge away evil,
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

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“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so the outside of it may also become clean.

He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.

All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.