Quotes About Intentions

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

The intentions of a manís heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.