The Bible describes the heart of man as deceitful and wicked, leading to spiritual death without God's intervention.
Proverbs 27:19 states, 'As in water, face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.' This verse highlights that the heart reveals who a person truly is. However, due to original sin, the heart is born with a dead, spiritually deceitful nature. Jeremiah 17:9 warns us that 'the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?' This reflects the condition of the heart in fallen humanity, where it lies to the individual about their true spiritual state and capabilities.
Scripture References:
Proverbs 27:19, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23, Mark 7:14-23, Romans 8:7, Matthew 15:18-20, Matthew 15:19-20, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 15:18-19
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