Wicked Heart

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: — read the full passage →

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: — read the full passage →

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — read the full passage →

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? — read the full passage →

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;