- “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
- To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
- “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
- Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
Bible verse of the day
Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.