Proverbs 12:12
12Whoever is wicked covets athe spoil of evildoers,but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
Proverbs 26:24-26
24Whoever hates disguises himself with his lipsand harbors deceit in his heart;
25 bwhen he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are cseven abominations in his heart;
26though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Jeremiah 17:16
16I have not run away from being your shepherd,nor have I desired the day of sickness.
dYou know ewhat came out of my lips;
it was before your face.
Mark 7:21-22
21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, fmurder, adultery, 22coveting, wickedness, deceit, gsensuality, henvy, islander, jpride, kfoolishness.Mark 12:14-17
14And they came and said to him, “Teacher, lwe know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For myou are not swayed by appearances, ▼▼Greek you do not look at people’s faces
but truly teach othe way of God. Is it lawful to pay ptaxes to qCaesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” 15But, knowing rtheir hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why sput me to the test? Bring me ta denarius ▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
and let me look at it.” 16And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” 17Jesus said to them, v“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him. Romans 1:29
29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
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