Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Evil
General references
Bible References
Worse
Jeremiah 7:26
But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.
2 Timothy 3:13
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
Imagination
Jeremiah 7:24
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.
Jeremiah 9:14
But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.
Deuteronomy 29:19
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
1 Samuel 15:23
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
Evil
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Hebrews 3:12
My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
General references
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?