Mark 7:21
English Standard Version
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (A)murder, adultery,
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Mark 7:21
New International Version
21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Jeremiah 17:9
English Standard Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9
New International Version
9 The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
James 4:1-3
English Standard Version
Warning Against Worldliness
4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b] 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask (B)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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James 4:1-3
New International Version
Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(C) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(D) because you ask with wrong motives,(E) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
Galatians 5:19-21
English Standard Version
19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (B)divisions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (C)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
- Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing
Galatians 5:19-21
New International Version
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(A) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(B) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(C)
Romans 8:7-8
English Standard Version
7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is (A)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (B)indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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Romans 8:7-8
New International Version
7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(B) cannot please God.
Matthew 15:19
English Standard Version
19 For out of the heart come (A)evil thoughts, (B)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, (C)slander.
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Matthew 15:19
New International Version
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(A)
Acts 8:22
English Standard Version
22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, (A)if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
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Acts 8:22
New International Version
22 Repent(A) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.
Ezekiel 38:10
English Standard Version
10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, (A)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
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Ezekiel 38:10
New International Version
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(A) and you will devise an evil scheme.(B)
Matthew 9:4
English Standard Version
4 But Jesus, (A)knowing[a] their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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- Matthew 9:4 Some manuscripts perceiving
Matthew 9:4
New International Version
4 Knowing their thoughts,(A) Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
Jeremiah 4:14
English Standard Version
14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
Jeremiah 4:14
New International Version
James 2:4
English Standard Version
4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become (A)judges with evil thoughts?
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James 2:4
New International Version
4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges(A) with evil thoughts?
Proverbs 4:23
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Proverbs 4:23
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James 1:14-15
English Standard Version
14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire (A)when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and (B)sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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James 1:14-15
New International Version
14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(C)
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