Scripture References:
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Jeremiah 17:9 - 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Isaiah 5:20 - 20 Woe to those who call evil good
       and good evil,
       who put darkness for light
       and light for darkness,
       who put bitter for sweet
       and sweet for bitter.

Proverbs 28:26 - 26 He who trusts in himself is a fool,
       but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.  

1 Chronicles 28:9a - 9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts.

Luke 16:15 - 15 He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."

Proverbs 15:11 - 11 Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 - 2 Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

John 16:8 - 8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

Titus 3:5 - 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

Psalm 51:10 - 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
       and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Ezekiel 36:24-28 - 24 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Words of Christ in red

(NIV - New International Version)

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