Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away.

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

And Jehovah saw that the evil of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long.

And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before Jehovah his God.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the Law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its excrement.

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil so that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for a tree is known by its fruit.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual perversions, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the moneybag; and he used to take what was put in it.

And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land for yourself?

You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not upright before God.

For I see that you are in bitter wickedness and bound by unrighteousness.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

They have gaped at Me with their mouths, like a tearing and roaring lion.

The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, and to get dishonest gain.

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that do not leave the bones till the morning.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.