What Does the Bible Say About Heart?

“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”

“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. a sweet: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction for the imagination: or, through the imagination”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.”

“And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.”

“And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.”

“And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.”

“But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.”

“And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.”

“And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.”

“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”

“O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!”

“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:”

“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,”

“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,”

“This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.”

“Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh”

“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;”

“And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”

“And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. against: Heb. before go: Heb. do”

“For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.”

“And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.”

“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.”

“Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:”

“And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:”

“He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?”

“For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?”

“Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. on high: Heb. in the high places”

“For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:”

“Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?”

“For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

“Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.”

“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.”

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.”

“To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben , A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.”

“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: prepare: or, establish”

“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. a double: Heb. an heart and an heart”

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. out of: or, sundered”

“The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.”

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He: Heb. The clean of hands”

“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.”

“Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.”

“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. When: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc”

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”

“Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.”

“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. unto: Heb. to the broken of heart of a contrite: Heb. contrite of spirit”

“Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.”

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. right: or, constant”

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”

“My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. fixed: or, prepared”

“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:”

“A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. of: or, for Truly: or, Yet of: Heb. clean of heart”

“The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.”

“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.”

“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”

“The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.”

“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”

“A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.”

“Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.”

“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.”

“His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.”

“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”

“The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.”

“I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do”

“KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.”

“SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.”

“Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.”

“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”

“Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. compassest: or, winnowest”

“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”

“Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”

“Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”

“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”

“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.”

“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;”

“Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.”

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. hideth: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness and: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light”

“Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.”

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. with: Heb. above all keeping”

“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.”

“Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord . soweth: Heb. casteth forth”

“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”

“And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.”

“Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.”

“The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. a prating: Heb. a fool of lips fall: Heb. be beaten”

“They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.”

“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”

“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. of a: Heb. perverse of heart”

“A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.”

“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”

“Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.”

“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”

“The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.”

“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.”

“The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. preparations: or, disposings”

“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”