9 The heart is more treacherous* than anything else and is desperate.*+

Who can know it?

21 For from inside, out of the heart of men,+ come injurious reasonings: sexual immorality, thefts, murders, 22 acts of adultery, greed, acts of wickedness, deceit, brazen conduct, an envious eye, blasphemy, haughtiness, and unreasonableness. 23 All these wicked things come from within and defile a man.”+

14 Stand firm, therefore, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist,+ wearing the breastplate of righteousness,+