Ecc 9:3, Mat 3:7, 15:19, 23:25-33, Luk 11:39, Act 8:20-23, 2Cor 11:3 | ESV | STEP | This is an evil in all that is done under the sun , that the same event happens to all . Also , the hearts of the children of man are full of evil , and madness is in their hearts while they live , and after that they go to the dead .

3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that ^athe same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and ^bmadness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Matthew 3:7

7 But when he saw many of ^cthe Pharisees and ^dSadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ^e“You brood of ^fvipers! Who warned you to flee from ^gthe wrath to come?

Matthew 15:19

19 For out of the heart come ^hevil thoughts, ⁱmurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^jslander.

Matthew 23:25-33

25 ^k“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^lyou clean the outside of ^mthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ⁿgreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^othe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 ^p“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^qwhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^rall uncleanness. 28 So you also ^soutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^thypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 ^u“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^vsons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ^wFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, ^xyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^yhell?

Luke 11:39

39 And the Lord said to him, ^z“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of ^aagreed and wickedness.

Acts 8:20-23

20 But Peter said to him, ^ab“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God ^acwith money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for ^adyour heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, ^aeif possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in ^afthe gall ^{▼▼That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile} of bitterness and in ^ahthe bond of iniquity.”

2 Corinthians 11:3

3 But I am afraid that ^aias the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ^ajwill be led astray from a ^aksincere and ^alpure devotion to Christ.