A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

And the Lord shall purge your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit in my inward parts.

For this is My covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: after those days, says the Lord, I will surely put My laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts. And I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people.

and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses where they burnt incense on its roofs to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me.

And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put My Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in My ordinances, and to keep My judgments, and do [them].

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but [how] to do the good, I do not find.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

And I will go forth according to His commandments, for I have kept His ways; and I shall not turn aside from His commandments,

neither shall I transgress; but I have hid His words in my bosom.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

I have hidden Your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

Therefore have I loved Your commandments more than gold, or topaz.

Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul has sought them out.

[My] son, forget not my laws, but let your heart keep my words:

Consume them, and Your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart. For Your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

"If you love Me, keep My commandments.

He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him."

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make [Our] home with him.

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God.

On account of this we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what sort of [man] he was.

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption--eternal life.

But now having been freed from sin, and having become enslaved to God, you have your fruit [resulting] in sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another--to Him who was raised from the dead, so that we might bear fruit to God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

Therefore, as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will reveal to you.

which has come to you, just as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, just as also among you, from the day which you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth;

that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until [the] end,

lest you become dull, but [become] imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

For you have need of endurance, so that having done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

But let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and late rain.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.