Human Nature
10 passages
- Romans 2:14–16
14Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them 16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Read it in context - Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Read it in context - Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Read it in context - 1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read it in context - Mark 7:21–23
21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
Read it in context - Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Read it in context - 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Read it in context - 1 John 1:8–10
8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:3
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
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