10 Bible Verses About The Effects of Having An Evil Heart

The heart of the unrepentant person is “is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it”- Jeremiah 17:9. Many people are bent on doing those things that are wrong without any concern for others are their own souls. Below are 10 Scriptures on Evil Heart and a short info on them.

Please check out my other article Dealing With People That Have A Wicked and Evil Heart

Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes;   acts of violence mark their ways. The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.“- Isaiah 59: 7-8 (NIV)

The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?”– Jeremiah 17:9

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Those that give themselves over to do evil, have no concern about doing the things that are righteous.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.”– Titus 1:15

Those that have an evil heart is always trying to find the bad in everything, their hearts are set on seeking out the bad

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” -Matthew 15:8

They will say they love God, may even come to church every week and participate in the services, but the fruit they produce are evil because their hearts are far from God. By their fruits you shall know them.

“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.”– Matthew 15:19

By nature, our hearts are evil, but those that are determined to live for God allows the Holy Spirit to purify their hearts

“Let his mind be changed from that of a man And let a beast’s mind be given to him, And let seven periods of time pass over him.“- Daniel 4:16

It may seem as if those that have an evil heart are prospering, they may even be prospering now, but their prosperity will not last for long, God will put them down.

“You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.”– Psalm 50:19

Evil hearts are experts at fooling others with their smooth speech and flattering words.

“But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.”– Romans 2:8

They reject feedback, real accountability and make up their own rules to live by, but as the Bible says, if they do not repent, God will reward them with punishment

“Who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.“- Proverbs 2:14-15

They do not struggle against sin or evil, they delight in it, all the while masquerading as someone of noble character. They do not care about who they hurt, but it is all about what they want. They will even hurt those who are closest to them in the pursuit of their goals

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.“- Job 15:35

They are experts at doing that which is wrong. They will seek to create confusion and contention wherever they go, twist the facts, lie, anything to accomplish their will.

I would love to know what your views on this article so please leave a message below and if you know of a Bible Verse that i could add on evil heart, please share it in the comment section below. Thank you

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  1. Great word, I was in my time of fellowship with the Lord. I went to Galatians 3:17 amp talks about How the Flesh (godless human nature) in conflict with Holy Spirit who’s alive in me. This flesh man is trying to prevent me from being free & doing what please the one that love me (God). I said I’m not evil or bad. Then I read Galatians 5:19 The Enemies of mine & I found some was apart of my life & in my heart. I ask the Holy Spirit about my heart and found your article. Thank you, for assisting the Spirit in you article. It allowing me to see my heart needed purifying & seeing the Holy Spirit presence in me is here to eradicate these enemies & activate his Fruits (Gal. 5:22) in me as I yield, renew my mind, & keep allowing Him to change me. As I spend time & asking questions the Holy Spirit is revealing I am in need of a heart change. Prov. 23:7 For as a man thinks in his heart so is he. Right thinking causes right behavior.Thank you, God is pleased with your writing!!

  2. Great word, I was in my time of fellowship with the Lord. I went to Galatians 3:17 amp talks about How the Flesh (godless human nature) in conflict with Holy Spirit who’s alive in me. This flesh man is trying to prevent me from being free & doing what please the one that love me (God). I said I’m not evil or bad. Then I read Galatians 5:19 The Enemies of mine & I found some was apart of my life & in my heart. I ask the Holy Spirit about my heart and found your article. Thank you, for assisting the Spirit in you article. It allowing me to see my heart needed purifying & seeing the Holy Spirit presence in me is here to eradicate these enemies & activate his Fruits (Gal. 5:22) in me as I yield, renew my mind, & keep allowing Him to change me. As I spend time & asking questions the Holy Spirit is revealing I am in need of a heart change. Prov. 23:7 For as a man thinks in his heart so is he. Right thinking causes right behavior.Thank you, God is pleased with your writing!!

  3. Mercy me , I’ve been in a three almost four year relationship with someone who is word for word described from your words above in that article. He has destroyed everything I had and involved my family . He took money from my dementia 85yr old mother recently . He took her off away from us . Took her to church . Go figure! But I felt it. I new something wasn’t right .I feel his evil and sick ways. . And I was right . He actually wanted to take the money and in hopes she would not remember so he didn’t have to pay it back. But the Lord let me see what he had done . He has been called on it ,but he took off really fast . Filling charges to put him in his place for one and second because I’m fed up with him . If he can’t take his blame for what he does them I’m head strong about telling him and everybody that knows him what he done and prove it . Cuz he has done so much a d had me beat down to where I didn’t do nothing to him for along time for the abuse he put on me. Hitting me,cussing me ,stealing from me and all the above things you mentioned I your article . God is real . And I’m fed up. I’m going to show him that yes I will send you to him. And he has pushed me to far and yes I will put him in jail and I will do what ever I need to do to put him there. Not going to drop charges and I’m not going to get away with it any more . I don’t even want to be around him cuz he is so sick a d evil . He has made me hate him . When I hear his voice I want to throw up . No he won’t ever change. And there is nothing good about him . Not one thing . All I can say is god forgive me for the hate he has causede to have and forgive me for the mean thoughts i habe about him . Now he has told me on two different occasions how he and his cousin planned to kill me
    . He told me in detail how it was gonna be. He was to lead me to the kitchen window and his cousin be out across the path to the road and when I was in front of the window his cousin we as to shoot me . Amd he would be blamed cuz he was there beside me . Yea I know sick. Thank God I have it in recording. The second time he said he was going to get me in a car and take me to the next town over late at night a d meet his cousin on a old fort road a d beat me so I’m reasonable and beate more and toss me out on a old farm road that nobody uses and leave me there to die all beat to hell. Yes he told me that .and I was in the car with him and he started getting crazy mad and mean . He got on his phone called that cousin and said I got her I the car meet me in Terrell . Let’s do this . And called me every name in the book and started hitting on me going down the road. God is good . His car started acting up so he pulled over in this lot and a man was up by his truck . Come to find out it was a fire fighter . I yelled call 911 he his hitting on me and hurting me . Then he played the victim and he played like he was having a fake heart attack the police seen he was fake
    He went to hospital and coos went with him . He was arrested when released and spent 6 days in jail and went to jail again a few days ago . I’m getting away from this sick man . And yes I’m reporting him cuz I deserve it amd so does he
    Toxic ppl won’t change , they get worse more violent

  4. I think that what you have written has some substance. Thank you for sharing. I am wondering did you go through dealing with evil people and where is your heart in this? Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross to save us from sin and the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ?

  5. You are not going to convince someone that they are evil at heart. However, you can’t be afraid to tell them what the word says.”Romans 3:10-12“None is righteous, no, not one. no one understands;
    no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless no one does good, not even one.”
    You cannot convince someone to be saved. Only God can open their eyes to the truth. In fact, the bible says that people will hate you for your faith. No one wants to hear that even their good works are like filthy rags to God. Never be afraid to tell them the truth.

  6. For many, many years I studied very similar topics, if not this exact same topic. All of my notes were taken. I have no original work. I was branching off and exploring deeper ways of explaining this.
    Finally, after much time I found that others were studying the details which I was noticing and following. Documenting and attempting to understand.
    I found it to be known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
    Simply put, when someone does not know something, they DO NOT KNOW that they don’t know it.
    Weird yes, using one explanation to explain itself.
    Kind of like when a child says “Hey! You’re not supposed to do that!”
    I will ask the child; What does “supposed to” mean? To which they answer, “It means YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO!”
    One with an evil heart often does not know that they have it. Especially in extreme cases where they think they are with God, give to the church, pray, etc…
    If they knew they had an evil heart, they would do something about it.
    Some of my lost studies were focused on synonyms and antonyms of other key words like good, evil, aware, unconscious. I forgot where I found a missing link, but somewhere in there… something was missing.
    I often want to tell one person who is close to me that I think they are evil. But I am afraid they would push me away FOREVER. I don’t know if I should approach my Priest and see if he can talk to them. They would still find out it was me, and I would lose that connection with that person.

    One question stands out:
    How do you confront someone with an evil heart?

    I know that they must not be told they are evil. That would only close their ears.

    I found I had a natural ability to tell people they are wrong, but I could fix them.
    I practiced my technique with golfers at golf practice facilities. I got so much good surprised persons and such great feedback from so many people, that I became a golf coach.
    I have been working on the above technique for several years now, and I would like to work much more on the topic of the evil heart and how to allow it to transmutate energies into positive ones.

    So many thoughts!