Mark 7:21
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21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (A)murder, adultery,
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Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
James 4:1-3
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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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Galatians 5:19-21
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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
Romans 8:7-8
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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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Matthew 15:19
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19 For out of the heart come (A)evil thoughts, (B)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, (C)slander.
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Acts 8:22
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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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Ezekiel 38:10
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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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Matthew 9:4
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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
Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
James 2:4
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4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become (A)judges with evil thoughts?
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Proverbs 4:23
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James 1:14-15
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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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