13 Bible Verses about The Inward Being

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.