Out of the Heart

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

(Matthew 15:19) NKJV

Jesus was asked why he didn’t stop his disciples from eating before they had washed their hands. He was very direct in pointing out that we’re not defiled by what we put into our mouths, even if our hands are dirty. We’re defiled by what comes out of our mouths, and that starts in the corruption of our heart.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

(Hebrews 4:12) NKJV

Thoughts and intents proceed out of the heart, and we use these as two categories into which we separate the various characteristics of the heart that we find in scripture.

Heart, Characteristics

Aspect	Attribute	Trait	Characteristic	Scripture
Soul	Heart	Thoughts	Bitterness Covetousness Evil eye Evil thoughts Imagination Wisdom Pride Trembling (fear)	Genesis 8:21 Deuteronomy 28:65 Proverbs 2:10 Ezekiel 27:31 Matthew 15:19 Mark 7:21-22
Soul	Heart	Intents	Adulteries Blasphemies Deceit False witness Foolishness Fornications Lasciviousness Murders Thefts Wickedness	Isaiah 44:21 Jeremiah 17:9 Matthew 15:19 Mark 7:21-22

A Clean Heart – Navigation

Section	Title	Scripture
1	Introduction	Psalms 51:10-12
2	Into the Heart	John 13:27 John 13:2
3	Spiritual Possession	Luke 7:21
4	Heart Condition	Jeremiah 11:8 Jeremiah 17:9
5	Out of the Heart	Matthew 15:19
6	A Pure Heart	Matthew 5:8 Psalms 73:1 Psalms 24:3-4
7	Prepare Your Heart	Jeremiah 17:10 Acts 16:16-18
8	Sinners Shall be Converted	Psalms 51:13
9	Salvation	Romans 10:9-10

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