"The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)
“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Mark 7:20-23)
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE" (Romans 3:10)
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Roman 6:23)