Genesis 6:5

5 aThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every bintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

21And when the Lord smelled cthe pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again dcurse
Or dishonor
the ground because of man, for fthe intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. gNeither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Proverbs 4:23

23Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for hfrom it flow ithe springs of life.

Proverbs 6:14

14with jperverted heart kdevises evil,
continually lsowing discord;

Proverbs 22:15

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but mthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 24:9

9 nThe devising
Or scheming
of folly is sin,
and pthe scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

Jeremiah 17:9

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

Mark 7:21-23

21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, qmurder, adultery, 22coveting, wickedness, deceit, rsensuality, senvy, tslander, upride, vfoolishness. 23 wAll these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

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