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The Bible places significant emphasis on the interior life of individuals, highlighting the importance of inner purity, thoughts, and intentions. Heart and Mind The heart is frequently mentioned in Scripture as the seat of emotions, will, and intellect. <a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a> advises, "Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life." This verse underscores the importance of maintaining a pure and righteous interior, as it influences one's actions and life direction. In the New Testament, Jesus emphasizes the significance of the interior over the exterior. In <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-26</a> , He rebukes the Pharisees, saying, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well." Here, Jesus teaches that true righteousness begins within, and external appearances are secondary to the condition of the heart. Soul and Spirit The interior life also encompasses the soul and spirit, which are central to one's relationship with God. <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a> expresses a plea for inner renewal: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." This prayer reflects the desire for divine intervention in purifying the inner self, aligning it with God's will. The Apostle Paul, in <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a> , urges believers to focus on the transformation of the mind: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." This transformation is an interior process that leads to spiritual maturity and discernment. Inner Peace and Contentment The Bible also speaks to the interior state of peace and contentment that comes from a relationship with God. <a href="/philippians/4-7.htm">Philippians 4:7</a> promises, "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." This peace is an interior assurance that transcends external circumstances, rooted in faith and trust in God. Conclusion The biblical concept of the interior emphasizes the importance of the heart, mind, soul, and spirit in one's spiritual life. Scripture consistently teaches that true righteousness and peace begin within, and that a transformed interior life is essential for a faithful walk with God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (a.) Being within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.2. (a.) Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.3. (n.) That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.4. (n.) The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1746b.htm">1746b. endomesis -- a building in or into, an interior structure</a> ... 1746a, 1746b. endomesis. 1747 . a building in or into, an interior structure. Transliteration: endomesis Short Definition: material. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1746b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/2082.htm">2082. esoteros -- inner</a> ... Word Origin cptv. of eso Definition inner NASB Word Usage inner (1), within (1). inner, within. Comparative of eso; interior -- inner, within. see GREEK eso. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2082.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1537.htm">1537. ek -- from, from out of</a> ... or ex Phonetic Spelling: (ek) Short Definition: from out, out from among, from Definition: from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1537.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5009.htm">5009. tameion -- an inner chamber</a> ... presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor; akin to temno, to cut); a dispensary or magazine, ie A chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5009.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/833.htm">833. aule -- a courtyard, a court</a> ... 833 -- a building with an ; an , area that is enclosed but without a roof; an open-air (interior) courtyard of a mansion or palace. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/833.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4745.htm">4745. stoa -- a portico</a> ... porch, colonnade. Probably from histemi; a colonnade or interior piazza -- porch. see GREEK histemi. (stoa) -- 3 Occurrences. (stoas) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4745.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3864.htm">3864. Lubim -- inhab. of N. Africa</a> ... of N. Africa NASB Word Usage Libya (1), Libyans (1), Lubim (3). A dry region; apparently a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa. Or Lubbiy (Dan. ... /hebrew/3864.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/772.htm">772. ara -- the earth</a> ... earth, interior. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'erets; the earth; by implication (figuratively) low -- earth, interior. see HEBREW 'erets. 771, 772. ara. 773 ... /hebrew/772.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3629.htm">3629. kilyah -- a kidney</a> ... kidneys, reins. Feminine of kliy (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self) -- kidneys, reins. ... /hebrew/3629.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6442.htm">6442. penimi -- inner</a> ... Word Origin from panah Definition inner NASB Word Usage inner (31), inside (1). inner,. From paniym; interior -- (with-)in(-ner, - ward). see HEBREW paniym. ... /hebrew/6442.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm">8432. tavek -- midst</a> ... Definition midst NASB Word Usage along (3), among (135), among* (1), between (2), center (10), high (1), home (2), inside (9), interior (1), internally (1 ... /hebrew/8432.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4579.htm">4579. maah -- a grain (of sand)</a> ... gravel. Feminine of me'ah; the belly, ie (figuratively) interior -- gravel. see HEBREW me'ah. 4578, 4579. maah. 4580 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/4579.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm">3824. lebab -- inner man, mind, will, heart</a> ... From labab; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like leb -- + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed ... /hebrew/3824.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/teresa/the_interior_castle_or_the_mansions/">The Interior Castle, or The Mansions</a> The Interior Castle, or The Mansions. <. The Interior Castle, or The Mansions Teresa of Avila. St. Zimmerman, Benedict (Editor) Table of Contents. ... //christianbookshelf.org/teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/<a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/synchronism_vi_of_the_measure.htm">Of the Measure of the Interior Court by the Reed of God, with the ...</a> ... Of the Measure of the Interior Court by the Reed of God, with the Snares of the Seven-headed Dragon, and his Battle with Michael concerning the Birth of the ... /.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/synchronism vi of the measure.htm<a href="/library/teresa/the_interior_castle_or_the_mansions/the_interior_castle_or_the.htm">The Interior Castle or the Mansions by St. Teresa Ihs</a> The Interior Castle, or The Mansions. <. ... THE INTERIOR CASTLE OR THE MANSIONS BY ST. TERESA IHS. THIS TREATISE, STYLED ... /.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/the interior castle or the.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/of_the_goodness_and_malice.htm">Of the Goodness and Malice of the Interior Act of the Will (Ten ...</a> ... OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES). We must now consider the goodness of the interior act ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of the goodness and malice.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_interior_senses_are.htm">Whether the Interior Senses are Suitably Distinguished?</a> ... OF THE SPECIFIC POWERS OF THE SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the interior senses are suitably distinguished? Objection 1: It would ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the interior senses are.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_outward_pain_is_greater.htm">Whether Outward Pain is Greater than Interior Sorrow?</a> ... OF PAIN OR SORROW, IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether outward pain is greater than interior sorrow? Objection 1: It would seem that ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether outward pain is greater.htm<a href="/library/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_xvii_distinction_between_exterior.htm">Distinction Between Exterior and Interior Actions --Those of the ...</a> ... DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ACTIONS"THOSE OF THE SOUL IN THIS CONDITION ARE INTERIOR, BUT HABITUAL, CONTINUED, DIRECT, PROFOUND, SIMPLE, AND ... /.../chapter xvii distinction between exterior.htm<a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/15_in_order_to_interior.htm">In Order to Interior or Contemplative Happiness</a> ... THE FOURTH CENTURY 15 In order to interior or contemplative happiness. In order to interior or contemplative happiness, it is a good ... /.../traherne/centuries of meditations/15 in order to interior.htm<a href="/library/suso/a_little_book_of_eternal_wisdom/chapter_xxii_how_one_should.htm">How one Should Live an Interior and Godly Life.</a> ... THE SECOND PART CHAPTER XXII. How One Should Live An Interior and Godly Life. The Servant."Lord, many are the rules, many the ... /.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xxii how one should.htm<a href="/library/eucherius/the_formulae_of_st_eucherius_of_lyons/vi_on_the_interior_man.htm">On the Interior Man</a> ... VI. On the Interior Man. The interior man is the rational soul; in the apostle: have in your hearts, in the interior man, Christ through faith. [Eph.3:16] ... /.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/vi on the interior man.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/interior.htm">Interior (5 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (a.) Being within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a ... /i/interior.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/i/inside.htm">Inside (185 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (adv.) Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc. ... 3. (a.) Adapted to the interior. ... /i/inside.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/p/pontus.htm">Pontus (3 Occurrences)</a> ... Pontus proper extended from the Halys River on the West to the borders of Colchis on the East, its interior boundaries meeting those of Galatia, Cappadocia and ... /p/pontus.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/i/inland.htm">Inland (1 Occurrence)</a> ... 1. (a.) Within the land; remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. ... See Exchange. 4. (n.) The interior part of a country. ... /i/inland.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/s/smyrna.htm">Smyrna (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Standing, as it did, upon a good harbor, at the head of one of the chief highways to the interior, it early became a great trading-center and the chief port ... /s/smyrna.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/t/tent.htm">Tent (333 Occurrences)</a> ... 11). When distinguished from 'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (qv). ... /t/tent.htm - 48k<a href="/topical/p/phoenicians.htm">Phoenicians</a> ... Eleutherus, already mentioned, which runs through the valley between Bargylus and Lebanon and provides the pass between these two mountains into the interior. ... /p/phoenicians.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/p/phoenicia.htm">Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)</a> ... Eleutherus, already mentioned, which runs through the valley between Bargylus and Lebanon and provides the pass between these two mountains into the interior. ... /p/phoenicia.htm - 40k<a href="/topical/l/lycia.htm">Lycia (1 Occurrence)</a> ... almost directly from the sea. Over them several trade routes or passes lead from the coast to the interior. Down the mountain sides ... /l/lycia.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/c/crust.htm">Crust (3 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to enclose a molten interior. 6. (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. ... /c/crust.htm - 8k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Hudson-Taylor.html">Who was Hudson Taylor? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/receive-Spirit-Acts-19.html">Why had the disciples in Ephesus not received the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:1-7)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/gates-of-Jerusalem.html">What was/is the importance of the gates of Jerusalem? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/interior.htm">Interior: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Interior (5 Occurrences)<a href="/acts/19-1.htm">Acts 19:1</a> And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">1 Kings 6:15</a> He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22</a> The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. (See NIV)<a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Song of Songs 3:10</a> He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Ezekiel 42:15</a> Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it all around. (See RSV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/i/interior.htm">Interior</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/k/knit.htm">Knit (11 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/lock.htm">Lock (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/interior.htm">Interior (5 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/network.htm">Network (19 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/weave.htm">Weave (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/intermarried.htm">Intermarried (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/t/tie.htm">Tie (18 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/sponge.htm">Sponge (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/revelation.htm">Revelation (52 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/i/intergenerational_worship.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Intergenerational Worship"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Intergenerational Worship" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/interior_design_and_ornamentation.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Interior Design and Ornamentation"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Interior Design and Ornamentation" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>