17 Bible Verses about The Inward Being

That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day. This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison, because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal.

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being.

You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn't he?

No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

So give what is inside to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you.

Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

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

"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.

But the Lord told him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of greed and evil.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

All these things come from inside and make a person unclean."

That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.

Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.