What God Says About Evil, Deceptive Hearts.

Notes to readers:

    • 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. See this link for understanding of good works.
    • Christians who say that they believe that the bible is God’s word to them, and that they believe every word in the bible, say, in effect, that they believe that this scripture and all other scriptures in the bible are true and apply to them personally. Therefore, people who believe this way should be able to find truth in each scripture on this page and apply that truth to their own lives.
    • Since the bible is a book of Symbols, Signs, Types, Parables, Allegories, Copies, and Shadows, the meanings of many scriptures are hidden in figurative language. But it is also true that the meanings of many scriptures may be understood in both literally and figuratively.
    • Because most of the scriptures below may be easily understood in their literal sense, readers who believe that 2 Timothy 3:16-17 is true should be able to understand and apply the literal meanings of those scriptures to their personal lives. People who are not able to find truth and apply to themselves personally are either deceived about what they believe, or they are not looking at these scriptures carefully.
    • Because the emphasis of the scriptures in this page is on evil hearts and behaviors that flow out of evil hearts, it is important to understand that evil symbolizes something very different from the definition most people, including religious people, think of evil.
    • God’s definition of evil is not associated with mythological demons, devils, satans and evil spirits. Biblical references to these creatures and their activities symbolize the teachings (i.e., words) and behaviors of False Prophets known by titles such as Pastors, Priests, Rabbis, Apostles, Bishops, Elders, Deacons, Overseers, Popes, Missionaries and Evangelists, Pharisees and Scribes.
    • Because the teachings and behaviors of these religious leaders are all contrary to God’s commandments about loving one another and doing justice for one another, God considers them to be evil. In other words, any teaching or behavior that is contrary to God’s word is evil, wicked and an abomination.
    • God symbolically categorizes teachings and behaviors that are contrary to his teachings as evil to make a strong warning to not listen to religious leaders or do what they teach.
    • Since words reflect the condition of hearts, God considers hearts to be good and pure, and some hearts to be evil and unclean.
    • Since the things Christian Nationalists say and do are contrary to God’s commandments, their hearts, their words, and behaviors are evil and impure according to God’s definition. This fact is easily confirmed by comparing the things that Christian Nationalists say and do with the scriptures below.

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Proverbs 12:20

20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.

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Matthew 12:35

35 “The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

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Hebrews 3:12

12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

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Matthew 12:34

34 “You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

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Matthew 9:1-4

1 Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.
2 And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
3 And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This fellow blasphemes.”
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

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Jeremiah 7:24

24 “Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

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Jeremiah 3:17

17 “At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the LORD ,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD ; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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Ezekiel 6:9

9 “Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their
abominations.

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Jeremiah 4:4

4 “Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds.”

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Proverbs 15:28

28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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Jeremiah 16:12

12 ‘You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11

11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

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Hebrews 10:22

22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Ecclesiastes 9:3

3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

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Proverbs 6:14

14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

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2 Chronicles 12:14

14 He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD .

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Proverbs 12:20

20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.

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Zechariah 8:17

17 ‘Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury ; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the LORD .”

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Jeremiah 4:14

14 Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?

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Matthew 15:19

19 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

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Mark 7:21

21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

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Luke 6:45

45 “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

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Deuteronomy 29:19

19 “It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’

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Jeremiah 9:8

8 “Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

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Psalms 28:3

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.

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Jeremiah 23:17

17 “They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace “‘; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’

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Genesis 6:5

5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually .

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Proverbs 26:24

24 He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his heart.

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Proverbs 12:21

21 No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.