Matthew 12:33-35

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 aEither make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, bfor the tree is known by its fruit. 34 cYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, dwhen you are evil? eFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 fThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 15:19

19For out of the heart come gevil thoughts, hmurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, islander.

John 12:6

6He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and jhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

John 13:2

2During supper, when kthe devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Acts 5:3

3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has lSatan filled your heart to lie mto the Holy Spirit and nto keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 8:21-23

21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for oyour heart is not right before God. 22Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, pif possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23For I see that you are in qthe gall
That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
of bitterness and in sthe bond of iniquity.”

James 4:8

8 tDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. uCleanse your hands, you sinners, and vpurify your hearts, wyou double-minded.
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