wicked heart

⁹The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?

²¹For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²¹For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.

¹⁰just as it was written: “There is no one who is just. ¹¹There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God. ¹²All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. ¹³Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. ¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood.

⁸It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man.

⁷For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.

³⁵A good man offers good things from a good storehouse. And an evil man offers evil things from an evil storehouse.

²³Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.

⁹If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

²⁶And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

⁵Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

²⁷But as for you, let the Anointing that you have received from him abide in you. And so, you have no need of anyone to teach you. For his Anointing teaches you about everything, and it is the truth, and it is not a lie. And just as his Anointing has taught you, abide in him.