6. Scripture References
All scriptures quotations are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
Exodus 34:6-7 “Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth, maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.”
Leviticus 11:44-45 “For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy…you must be holy because I am holy.”
Leviticus 19:2 “…Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
Leviticus 20:7 “Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.”
I Kings 3:11-12 “So God said to him, ‘Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice, I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.’”
I Kings 8:39 “…for You alone know every human heart”
II Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His.”
Psalm 27:4 “I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple.”
Psalm 33:15 “He alone crafts their hearts; He considers all their works.”
Psalm 64:6 “The inner man and the heart are mysterious.”
Psalm 73:25 “Whom do I have in heaven but You? And I desire nothing on earth but You.”
Psalm 101: 2-3 “I will pay attention to the way of integrity…I will live with integrity of heart in my house. I will not set anything godless before my eyes…”
Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.”
Proverbs 22:15 says, “Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth; the rod of discipline will drive it away
from him.”
Isaiah 62:1 “I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem until her righteousness shines like a bright light, and her salvation like a flaming torch.”
Isaiah 64:6 “All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment…”
Jeremiah 17:9-10 “The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick—who can understand it? I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.”
Malachi 3:2-3 “…He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye. He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings tot he Lord in righteousness.”
Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”
Matthew 12:34 “Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.”
Matthew 12:37 “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 15:18-20 “But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. These are the things that defile a man…”
Mark 4:14-20 “The sower sows the word. These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they heart the word, immediately they receive it with joy. But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When affliction or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble. Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”
Mark 4:21-25 “He also said to them, ‘Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or undera bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand? For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!’ Then He said to them, ‘Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you. For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.’”
John 15:3 “You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you.”
Philippians 2:12-13 “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to will and to act for His good purpose.”
Philippians 3:7-9 “But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpsassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.”
Colossians 1:9 “…We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.”
Hebrews 4:12-13 “For the Word of God is living and effective and sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as to divide soul, spirit, joints, and marrow; it is a judge of the ideas and thoughts of the heart. No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.”
Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature–for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.”
Hebrews 11:6 “Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.”
Hebrews 12:14-15 “Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness–without it no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that o root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.”
Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”
James 1:6-7 “But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.”
James 1:21 “Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil excess, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.”
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people.”
I Peter 1:16 “Be holy, because I am holy.”
I John 3:2-3 “Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.”
I John 4:16 “And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.”