28 Bible Verses about Thoughts Of The Wicked

The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Then all the color drained from the king's face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, "Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people -- who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith -- also oppose the truth.

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

"As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.