Psalms 58:1-2

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to aDo Not Destroy. A bMiktam
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David.

1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Or  you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)

Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands edeal out violence on earth.

Hosea 7:6-7

6For with hearts like an oven fthey approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All gtheir kings hhave fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to the Oppressors

1 iWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil jon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2They covet fields and kseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.

Acts 5:3-4

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? 4While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but oto God.”

Acts 8:21-22

21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for pyour heart is not right before God. 22Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, qif possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

James 1:14-15

14But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15Then desire rwhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ssin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

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