The Bible teaches that humanity's natural inclination is towards sin and rebellion against God. According to Jeremiah, the heart is "deceitful above all things and desperately wicked," while Jesus, in Mark, reveals that evil thoughts and actions originate from within. The apostle Paul, in Romans, describes how sinful hearts lead people to suppress the truth and become futile in their thinking. Ultimately, as expressed in Psalms, it is better to trust in God than to put confidence in human nature, which is prone to wickedness.
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For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery lie in their wake, and the way of peace they have not known.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.