Heart, fallen and redeemed

The unregenerate heart

Hostile to God

Psalm 14:1 LEB

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

See also 1 Ki 15:3; 2 Ch 12:14; Pr 19:3; Jn 5:42; Ac 8:21–22; Ro 1:31; Ro 8:7; Heb 3:12

Hardened against God

Jeremiah 18:12 LEB

But they will say, ‘It is hopeless, for we will go after our own plans, and each one of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

Pharaoh’s hard heart:

Ex 4:21; Ex 7:3; Ex 7:14; Ex 7:22–23; Ex 8:15; Ex 8:32; Ex 14:8

Dt 2:30; Is 6:10; Is 42:25; Je 16:12; Da 5:20; Mt 13:15; Ac 28:27; Ro 2:5; Re 16:9; Re 16:11

Spiritually ignorant

Ephesians 4:18 LEB

being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

See also 2 Sa 6:16; Ro 1:21; 2 Co 3:15; 2 Co 4:4

Proud

Psalm 73:7 LEB

Their eye bulges from fat. Imaginings overflow their heart.

See also Pr 18:12; Pr 21:4; Je 48:29; Je 49:16; Eze 28:2; Eze 28:17; Ob 3; Re 18:7

Deceitful

Jeremiah 17:9 LEB

The heart is deceitful more than anything else, and it is disastrous. Who can understand it?

See also Job 31:33–34; Ps 5:9; Ps 28:3; Ps 62:4; Pr 6:14; Pr 23:7; Pr 24:12; Pr 26:23–25; Is 44:20; Je 22:17; 2 Ti 3:13

Sinful

Genesis 6:5 LEB

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind was great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was always only evil.

See also Job 36:13; Ps 10:3; Ps 41:6; Ps 55:21; Pr 6:18; Pr 20:9; Is 1:5; Mt 9:4; Mt 15:18–19

Condemned

Proverbs 11:20 LEB

An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart, but his delight are those with blameless ways.

See also Ps 101:4–5; Pr 16:5; Pr 17:20; Ec 11:9; Is 10:12; Je 17:10; Eze 25:6–7; Ro 1:24

Conversion: the changed heart

Convinced of need

John 16:8 LEB

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:

See also Je 29:12–14; Ac 2:37; Ac 16:30; Ro 7:7; 1 Co 14:25

Changed by the Holy Spirit

Ezekiel 36:25–27 LEB

And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols. And I will give a new heart to you, and a new spirit I will give into your inner parts, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. And I will give my spirit into your inner parts, and I will make it so that you will go in my rules, and my regulations you will remember, and you will do them.

See also Je 4:14; Je 24:7; Eze 11:19; Eze 18:31; Jn 3:5–6; Ro 2:29; Tt 3:4–5

Given faith

2 Corinthians 4:6 LEB

For God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” is the one who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

See also Ac 5:31–32; Ac 15:9; Ac 16:14–15; Ro 10:8–10; Eph 2:8

Spurious conversion

A less-than-saving change

1 Samuel 10:9 LEB

Just as he turned his shoulder to depart from Samuel, God changed his heart. And all these signs were fulfilled on that day.

See also Mt 13:5–6; Mt 13:20–21; Heb 6:4–8; Heb 10:26–29