Mark 7:21
because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,
Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
Genesis 6:5
The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.
Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, "I will never again curse the land because of human beings even though human inclinations remain evil from youth nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I've done.
Job 14:4
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!
Job 15:14-16
"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?
Job 25:4
How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?
Psalm 14:1
Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.
Psalm 14:3
All have turned away, together they have become corrupt; no one practices what is good, not even one.
Psalm 53:1
Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.
Psalm 53:3
All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, not even one.
Psalm 58:2-3
As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!
Proverbs 4:23
Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 15:25
The house of the proud the LORD will demolish, but he will protect the widow's boundary line.
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.
Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you?
Ezekiel 38:10
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is what's going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You'll be thinking, making evil plans,
Matthew 9:4
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 15:19
It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
Matthew 23:25-28
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 16:15
So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.
Acts 5:4
As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"
Acts 8:22
So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart's intent may be forgiven you.
Romans 7:5
For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.
Romans 7:8
But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.
Romans 8:7-8
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
James 1:14-15
Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it.
James 2:4
then you will have made false distinctions among yourselves and will have judged from evil motives, will you not?
James 4:1-3
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?
1 Peter 4:2-3
so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.