Jesus addresses the significance of what is in a person’s heart.
- Matthew 5:25-26 – “Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
- Exodus 22:21 – “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
- Proverbs 20:5 – “Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.”
- 2 Samuel 22:26-27 – “With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.”
- Matthew 5:28 – “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
