Ezekiel 14:3

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, literally, "have caused their filthy gods to go up upon their heart," for the corruption of man begins in his heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face, for the iniquity of their heart became manifest in their outward actions, their evil thoughts causing them to stumble, Proverbs 3:21; should I be enquired of at all by them? Were such transgressors, who were here acting the hypocrites, at all worthy of an answer? The emphatic question of the Lord denies this fact with unmistakable vehemence.