14 Bible Verses about The Inward Being

So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day. For this slight and momentary sorrow continues to accumulate for me a solid and eternal glory far beyond any comparison, because I do not keep my eyes on things that are seen but things that are unseen. For things that are seen are temporary, but things that are unseen are eternal.

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside too?

The real Jew is the man who is a Jew on the inside, and real circumcision is heart-circumcision, a spiritual, not a literal, affair. This man's praise originates, not with men, but with God.

But dedicate once for all your inner self, and at once you will have everything clean.

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of your greed and self-indulgence.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees have the habit of cleaning the outside of your cups and dishes, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and wickedness.

So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead people's bones and everything that is unclean!

You blind Pharisees! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."

So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day.

but they must be of an internal nature, the character concealed in the heart, in the imperishable quality of a quiet and gentle spirit, which is of great value in the sight of God.