Human Nature
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Romans 2:14–16
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. / So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them / on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Mark 7:21–23
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Proverbs 19:3
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.