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Evil » The whole » Imagination
feet eager to run to evil,
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
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,
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The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do, even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.”
They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said: You will have peace.’ They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’”
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.
how much more, human hearts.
and seeing the heart
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.
But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites?
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 He knew their thoughts and told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.
And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.
Heart » The whole » Renewed
Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek Yahweh their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
I will sing; I will sing praises.
And I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Yahweh. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.
and made a covenant with him
to give the land of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Jebusites, and Girgashites—
to give it to his descendants.
You have kept Your promise,
for You are righteous.
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commands always, so that they and their children will prosper forever.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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