Biblical Concept: Heart

Observations:

Heart descriptions (From the Bible verses below.): adulteries, affliction, affliction and anguish, anxiety, all, arrogant, assure, assured, astray, believe in, betray, bitterness, bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, broken, breaking, backslider, condemns, condemned, clean, contrite, circumcise, closed, cunning, completely, conceived, corrupt, cheerful, compassion, deceit, deceived, deceitful, desires, direct, doubt, double, devise evil, decided, delight, darkened, discerning, discipline, dull, evil, evil thoughts, evil and unbelieving, exults, eternity, eyes of your heart, err, earnestness, envy, faints, false witness, far away, faithless, fervently love, foreskin, fornications, foolish, full of evil, gain, glad, gladness, gladness and sincerity, grieved, gentleness and patience, gentle and humble, humility, honest and good, hard, hardness, heavy, hidden person, hardened, haughty, happy, humbled, integrity, intention, insanity, idols, joy, kindness, lifted up, lying, lose, languish, lie, magnify, melt, murders, new, not right, opened, obedient, one, opened wide, pounding, purpose, perfect, proud, perverse, purposes, pain, pure, purity, proud, perceive, pierced, purposed, rages, rejoice, refresh, rebellious, rend, resolute, secrets, set, shake, steadfast, stand firm, stubborn, sincerity, singing and making melody, sorrow, slanders, stone, slow, sick, sad, stirrings, spurned, thoughts and intentions, take it to, thinking, troubled, truth, turned over, turns away, trained in greed, thefts, turn, treasure, thrill, turn away, tranquil, troubled, uncircumcised, upright, understand, understanding, unrepentant, unceasing grief, veil, vengeance, war, wholly devoted, wicked, wounded, whole, wise, yearns.

The above Biblical heart descriptions are: good, bad, ugly.

The heart is the heart of the matter. Often, heart is a summary term for the functioning of various human spiritual elements. Man, in the image of God, is an interestingly complex spiritual being. See Biblical Concept: Man, The Immaterial Part.

The human heart and devotion to God is a large theme. God requires devotion to Him of the human heart. ‘All your heart’ pertaining to God is noted again and again.

Human heart and human volition is a large theme.

Human heart and human emotion is a large theme.

The heart and emotions and thinking are repeatedly interacting.

Man’s diverse sinful heart is a very large theme.

Hearts: evil and insane (Ecclesiastes 9:3b).

Satan’s self deluded heart (Isaiah 14:12-14).

Devil, word, heart, conflict. (Luke 8:12).

“A deceived heart has turned him aside” (Isaiah 44:20a. Idolatry is in the context of verses 15-19).

The relationship between heart happiness and spiritual devotion is a repeated theme.

“Who have heard the word in an honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).

I pray that “The eyes of your heart may be enlightened” (Ephesians 1:18).

“Making melody with your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19).

Ephesians 6:5-6 ⁵Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; ⁶ not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

Religion versus heart (Matthew 15:8, Mark 3:5, Mark 12:33, James 1:26).

Mouth, heart, relationship (Matthew 12:34, Matthew 15:18-19, Luke 6:45).

1 John 3:17-21 ¹⁷ But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. ¹⁹ We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him, ²⁰ in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; (Confidence and heart relationship.)

On occasion, various aspects God’s heart are noted. Note God’s grieved heart in Genesis 6:5-6 below. The heart and emotions and thinking are repeatedly interacting—including God’s.

Can a human differentiate between the function of heart and soul? (Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' Mark 12:30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.')

Jeremiah 11:20 ²⁰ But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 ⁹ "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ¹⁰ "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

Ezekiel 18:31 ³¹ "Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Joel 2:12-13 ¹² "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning; ¹³ And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, And relenting of evil.

Matthew 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Luke 9:47 But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, (Thinking, heart, relationship.)

Colossians 3:12 And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

How to be well: Heart, fear, keep commandments (Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 30:6).

Spiritual success theorem: Fear, walk, love, serve, all heart, all soul (Deuteronomy 10:12).

Heart and volition (Deuteronomy 14:26).

God consciousness and heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

2 Chronicles 16:9 ⁹ "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars."

Psalm 104:15 ¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man's heart.

Proverbs 28:26 ²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

Jeremiah 17:9 ⁹ "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

“For with the heart man believes” (Romans 10:10a).

Hebrews 3:12 ¹² Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 12:3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited.

1 Peter 3:4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

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Selected Old Testament Verses: (Heart is found over 760 times in the Scriptures. The following caught my attention.)

Genesis 6:5-6 ⁵ Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ⁶ And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Man: evil heart.) (Genesis 8:21 . . . “the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth.”) (God: grieved heart.)

Deuteronomy 5:29 ²⁹ 'Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me, and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever! (How to be well: Heart, fear, keep commandments.)

Deuteronomy 6:5 ⁵ "And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:6 ⁶ "And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart;

Deuteronomy 10:12 ¹² "And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, (Spiritual success theorem: Fear, walk, love, serve, all heart, all soul.)

Deuteronomy 11:18 ¹⁸ "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. (Can a human differentiate between the function of heart and soul?)

Deuteronomy 14:26 ²⁶ "And you may spend the money for whatever your heart desires, for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household. (Heart and volition.)

Deuteronomy 15:7 ⁷ "If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

Deuteronomy 17:17 ¹⁷ "Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Deuteronomy 30:6 ⁶ "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.

1 Samuel 16:7 ⁷ But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

2 Samuel 24:10 ¹⁰ Now David's heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly."

1 Kings 3:9 ⁹ "So give Thy servant an understanding heart to judge Thy people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Thine?"

1 Kings 3:12 ¹² behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

1 Kings 8:18 ¹⁸ "But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

1 Kings 8:37-40 ³⁷ "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, ³⁸ whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Thy people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; ³⁹ then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men, ⁴⁰ that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou hast given to our fathers.

1 Kings 8:61 ⁶¹ "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

1 Kings 9:3-5 ³ And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. ⁴ "And as for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, ⁵ then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 10:24 ²⁴ And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 11:2-10 ² from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, neither shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love. ³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. ⁴ For it came about when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. ⁵ For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. ⁶ And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done. ⁷ Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. ⁸ Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. ⁹ Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, ¹⁰ and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded.

1 Kings 14:7-10 ⁷ "Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel, ⁸ and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you-- yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight; ⁹ you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back-- ¹⁰ therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.

2 Kings 10:30 ³⁰ And the LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." (2 Kings 10:17-28 ¹⁷ And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah. ¹⁸ Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. ¹⁹ "And now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live." But Jehu did it in cunning, in order that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. ²⁰ And Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal." And they proclaimed it. ²¹ Then Jehu sent throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. ²² And he said to the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out garments for them. ²³ And Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and see that there may be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers of Baal." ²⁴ Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, "The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape, shall give up his life in exchange." ²⁵ Then it came about, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the royal officers, "Go in, kill them; let none come out." And they killed them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the royal officers threw them out, and went to the inner room of the house of Baal. ²⁶ And they brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal, and burned them. ²⁷ They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. ²⁸ Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel.)

2 Kings 10:31 ³¹ But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin.

2 Kings 23:25 ²⁵ And before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

1 Chronicles 28:9 ⁹ "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:17-19 ¹⁷ "Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee. ¹⁸ "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Thy people, and direct their heart to Thee; ¹⁹ "and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Thy commandments, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made provision."

2 Chronicles 6:14 ¹⁴ And he said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no god like Thee in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Thy servants who walk before Thee with all their heart;

2 Chronicles 6:30-31 ³⁰ then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men, ³¹ that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways as long as they live in the land which Thou hast given to our fathers.

2 Chronicles 7:16 ¹⁶ "For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 16:9 ⁹ "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars."

2 Chronicles 31:20-21 ²⁰ And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the LORD his God. ²¹ And every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26 ²⁵ But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ However, Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 34:31 ³¹ Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.

Job 19:27 ²⁷ Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes shall see and not another. My heart faints within me.

Job 37:24 ²⁴ "Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart."

Psalm 4:4 ⁴ Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 4:7-8 ⁷ Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. ⁸ In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O LORD, dost make me to dwell in safety.

Psalm 7:10 ¹⁰ My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 11:2 ² For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Psalm 12:2 ² They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

Psalm 14:1 ¹For the choir director. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.

Psalm 15:2 ² He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.

Psalm 16:8-9 ⁸ I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. ⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.

Psalm 17:9-10 From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies, who surround me. ¹⁰ They have closed their unfeeling heart; With their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 19:8 ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 19:14 ¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 27:3 ³ Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident.

Psalm 27:8 ⁸ When Thou didst say, "Seek My face," my heart said to Thee, "Thy face, O LORD, I shall seek."

Psalm 27:14 ¹⁴ Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

Psalm 28:7 ⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

Psalm 32:11 ¹¹ Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones, And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

Psalm 33:11 ¹¹ The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

Psalm 36:1 ¹For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 37:4 ⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:31 ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

Psalm 38:8-10 ⁸ I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. ⁹ Lord, all my desire is before Thee; And my sighing is not hidden from Thee. ¹⁰ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

Psalm 40:8 ⁸ I delight to do Thy will, O my God; Thy Law is within my heart."

Psalm 41:6 ⁶ And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.

Psalm 44:18 ¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Thy way,

Psalm 44:21 ²¹ Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 46:2 ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

Psalm 49:3 ³ My mouth will speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

Psalm 51:10 ¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:17 ¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 53:1 ¹ For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.

Psalm 55:21 ²¹ His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 58:2-4 ² No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. ³ The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. ⁴ They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

Psalm 62:10 ¹⁰ Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Psalm 64:5-6 ⁵ They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who can see them?" ⁶ They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

Psalm 73:7 ⁷ Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Psalm 73:25-26 ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And besides Thee, I desire nothing on earth. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 78:7-8 ⁷ That they should put their confidence in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments, ⁸ And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 78:18 ¹⁸ And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

Psalm 81:11-14 ¹¹ "But My people did not listen to My voice; And Israel did not obey Me. ¹² "So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices. ¹³ "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! ¹⁴ "I would quickly subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.

Psalm 86:11-12 ¹¹ Teach me Thy way, O LORD; I will walk in Thy truth; Unite my heart to fear Thy name. ¹² I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Thy name forever.

Psalm 90:12 ¹² So teach us to number our days, That we may present to Thee a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 94:15 ¹⁵ For judgment will again be righteous; And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalm 95:10-11 ¹⁰ "For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. ¹¹ "Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest."

Psalm 101:2-5 ² I will give heed to the blameless way. When wilt Thou come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. ⁵ Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Psalm 104:15 ¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man's heart.

Psalm 108:1 ¹ A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Psalm 109:22 ²² For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 112:6-8 ⁶ For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever. ⁷ He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is upheld, he will not fear, Until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries.

Psalm 119:2 ² How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.

Psalm 119:7 ⁷ I shall give thanks to Thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn Thy righteous judgments.

Psalm 119:10-11 ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee; Do not let me wander from Thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against Thee.

Psalm 119:32-36 ³² I shall run the way of Thy commandments, For Thou wilt enlarge my heart. ³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe Thy law, And keep it with all my heart. ³⁵ Make me walk in the path of Thy commandments, For I delight in it. ³⁶ Incline my heart to Thy testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.

Psalm 119:69-70 ⁶⁹ The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Thy law.

Psalm 119:111-112 ¹¹¹ I have inherited Thy testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes Forever, even to the end.

Proverbs 2:10 ¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Proverbs 3:3-5 ³ Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. ⁴ So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 4:23 ²³ Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 5:12 ¹² And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

Proverbs 6:14 ¹⁴ Who with perversity in his heart devises evil continually, Who spreads strife.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, ¹⁹ A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Proverbs 6:20-22 ²⁰ My son, observe the commandment of your father, And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; ²¹ Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. ²² When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Proverbs 7:3 ³ Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:10 ¹⁰ And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 10:8 ⁸ The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will be thrown down.

Proverbs 10:20 ²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.

Proverbs 11:20 ²⁰ The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Proverbs 12:20 ²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.

Proverbs 12:23 ²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Proverbs 12:25 ²⁵ Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

Proverbs 13:12 ¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 14:10-14 ¹⁰ The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. ¹¹ The house of the wicked will be destroyed, But the tent of the upright will flourish. ¹² There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. ¹³ Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief. ¹⁴ The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.

Proverbs 14:30 ³⁰ A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 14:33 ³³ Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the bosom of fools it is made known.

Proverbs 15:13 ¹³ A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15 ¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:28-30 ²⁸ The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. ²⁹ The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. ³⁰ Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones.

Proverbs 16:5 ⁵ Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:22 ²² A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:12 ¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 19:3 ³ The foolishness of man subverts his way, And his heart rages against the LORD.

Proverbs 19:21 ²¹ Many are the plans in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD, it will stand.

Proverbs 20:5 ⁵ A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of understanding draws it out.

Proverbs 20:9 ⁹ Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin "?

Proverbs 21:1 ¹ The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Proverbs 21:4 ⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Proverbs 22:11 ¹¹ He who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

Proverbs 22:15 ¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Proverbs 23:7 ⁷ For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:12-19 ² Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge. ¹³ Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you beat him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ You shall beat him with the rod, And deliver his soul from Sheol. ¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad; ¹⁶ And my inmost being will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right. ¹⁷ Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always. ¹⁸ Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. ¹⁹ Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.

Proverbs 24:17-18 ¹⁷ Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; ¹⁸ Lest the LORD see it and be displeased, And He turn away His anger from him.

Proverbs 25:3 ³ As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23-25 ²³ Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart. ²⁴ He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his heart. ²⁵ When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 27:19 ¹⁹ As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.

Proverbs 28:14 ¹⁴ How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 28:26 ²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

Proverbs 31:11 ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 ¹¹ He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. (God consciousness and heart.)

Ecclesiastes 5:20 ²⁰ For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-3 ² It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. ³ Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

Ecclesiastes 7:7-9 ⁷ For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart. ⁸ The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit. ⁹ Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 ²⁶ And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 8:5 ⁵ He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 ¹⁶ When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 ¹ For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him. ² It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean, and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear. ³ This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead. (Hearts: evil and insane.)

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ⁷ Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Ecclesiastes 10:2 ² A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 ⁹ Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. ¹⁰ So, remove vexation from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

Song of Solomon 4:9 ⁹ "You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace.

Isaiah 1:5 ⁵ Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart is faint.

Isaiah 7:2 ² When it was reported to the house of David, saying, "The Arameans have camped in Ephraim," his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.

Isaiah 13:7 ⁷ Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.

Isaiah 14:13 ¹³ "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. (Satan’s self deluded heart.)

Isaiah 19:1 ¹ The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud, and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Isaiah 32:6 ⁶ For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness, To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 35:4 ⁴ Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you."

Isaiah 44:20 ²⁰ He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

Isaiah 47:8-10 ⁸ "Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know loss of children.' ⁹ "But these two things shall come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They shall come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells. ¹⁰ "And you felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' (Babylon context.)

Isaiah 51:7 ⁷ "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, A people in whose heart is My law; Do not fear the reproach of man, Neither be dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 57:15-17 ¹⁵ For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite. ¹⁶ "For I will not contend forever, Neither will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made. ¹⁷ "Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.

Isaiah 59:13 ¹³ Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words.

Isaiah 60:5 ⁵ "Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you.

Isaiah 63:4 ⁴ "For the day of vengeance was in My heart, And My year of redemption has come.

Isaiah 63:15-17 ¹⁵ Look down from heaven, and see from Thy holy and glorious habitation; Where are Thy zeal and Thy mighty deeds? The stirrings of Thy heart and Thy compassion are restrained toward me. ¹⁶ For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O LORD, art our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Thy name. ¹⁷ Why, O LORD, dost Thou cause us to stray from Thy ways, And harden our heart from fearing Thee? Return for the sake of Thy servants, the tribes of Thy heritage.

Isaiah 65:14 ¹⁴ "Behold, My servants shall shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you shall cry out with a heavy heart, And you shall wail with a broken spirit.

Isaiah 66:14 ¹⁴ Then you shall see this, and your heart shall be glad, And your bones shall flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD shall be made known to His servants, But He shall be indignant toward His enemies.

Jeremiah 3:10 ¹⁰ "And yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in deception," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:15-17 ¹⁵ "Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding. ¹⁶ "And it shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land," declares the LORD, "they shall say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' And it shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they miss it, nor shall it be made again. ¹⁷ "At that time they shall call Jerusalem 'The Throne of the LORD,' and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor shall they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

Jeremiah 4:4 ⁴ "Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My wrath go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds."

Jeremiah 4:14 ¹⁴ Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?

Jeremiah 4:18-19 ¹⁸ "Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!" ¹⁹ My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.

Jeremiah 5:23-24 ²³ 'But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed. ²⁴ 'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest."

Jeremiah 7:24 ²⁴ "Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 9:14 ¹⁴ but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,"

Jeremiah 9:26 ²⁶ Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the sons of Ammon, and Moab, and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart."

Jeremiah 11:8 ⁸ 'Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.'"

Jeremiah 11:20 ²⁰ But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause.

Jeremiah 12:11 ¹¹ "It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart.

Jeremiah 13:22 ²² "And if you say in your heart, 'Why have these things happened to me?' Because of the magnitude of your iniquity Your skirts have been removed, And your heels have been exposed.

Jeremiah 15:1 ¹ Then the LORD said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go!

Jeremiah 15:16 ¹⁶ Thy words were found and I ate them, And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jeremiah 16:12 ¹² 'You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

Jeremiah 17:1 ¹ The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of their altars,

Jeremiah 17:5 ⁵ Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 ⁹ "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ¹⁰ "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

Jeremiah 18:12 ¹² "But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'

Jeremiah 20:12 ¹² Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause.

Jeremiah 22:17 ¹⁷ "But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."

Jeremiah 23:9 ⁹ As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, All my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, Even like a man overcome with wine, Because of the LORD And because of His holy words.

Jeremiah 23:17 ¹⁷ "They keep saying to those who despise Me, 'The LORD has said, "You will have peace "'; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, They say, 'Calamity will not come upon you.'

Jeremiah 23:20 ²⁰ "The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.

Jeremiah 23:26 ²⁶ "How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

Jeremiah 24:7 ⁷ 'And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 ¹³ 'And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 30:24 ²⁴ The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back, Until He has performed, and until He has accomplished The intent of His heart; In the latter days you will understand this.

Jeremiah 31:20 ²⁰ "Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:33 ³³ "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Jeremiah 32:39-41 ³⁹ and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good, and for the good of their children after them. ⁴⁰ "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. ⁴¹ "And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Jeremiah 48:41 ⁴¹ "Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:16 ¹⁶ "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:22 ²² Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle, and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 51:46 ⁴⁶ "Now lest your heart grow faint, And you be afraid at the report that will be heard in the land-- For the report will come one year, And after that another report in another year, And violence will be in the land With ruler against ruler—

Lamentations 3:41 ⁴¹ We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

Lamentations 3:65 ⁶⁵ Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse will be on them.

Lamentations 5:17 ¹⁷ Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;

Ezekiel 3:10 ¹⁰ Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I shall speak to you, and listen closely.

Ezekiel 11:19 ¹⁹ "And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them. And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Ezekiel 14:4-7 ⁴ "Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will be brought to give him an answer in the matter in view of the multitude of his idols, ⁵ in order to lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who are estranged from Me through all their idols."' ⁶ "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. ⁷ "For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I the LORD will be brought to answer him in My own person.

Ezekiel 16:30 ³⁰ "How languishing is your heart," declares the Lord God, "while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot.

Ezekiel 18:31 ³¹ "Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 20:16 ¹⁶ because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols.

Ezekiel 21:6-7 ⁶ "As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight. ⁷ "And it will come about when they say to you, 'Why do you groan?' that you will say, 'Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,' declares the Lord God."

Ezekiel 27:4 ⁴ "Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Ezekiel 28:2-10 ² "Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- ³ Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you. ⁴ "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself, And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. ⁵ "By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-- ⁶ Therefore, thus says the Lord God, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, ⁷ Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor. ⁸ 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas. ⁹ 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Although you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? ¹⁰ 'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord God!"'"

Ezekiel 28:17 ¹⁷ "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you.

Ezekiel 33:31 ³¹ "And they come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people, and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

Ezekiel 36:26 ²⁶ "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 44:7-9 ⁷ when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they made My covenant void-- this in addition to all your abominations. ⁸ "And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary." ⁹ 'Thus says the Lord God, "No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Daniel 5:20-22 ²⁰ "But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken away from him. ²¹ "He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He wishes. ²² "Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,

Daniel 8:25 ²⁵ "And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken without human agency.

Daniel 10:12 ¹² Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 11:11-12 ¹¹ "And the king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former. ¹² "When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail.

Hosea 7:14 ¹⁴ And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.

Hosea 10:2 ² Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars And destroy their sacred pillars.

Hosea 11:8 ⁸ How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled.

Hosea 13:6 ⁶ As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore, they forgot Me.

Joel 2:12-13 ¹² "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning; ¹³ And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, And relenting of evil.

Obadiah 1:3 ³ "The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to earth?'

Zephaniah 2:15 ¹⁵ This is the exultant city Which dwells securely, Who says in her heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become a desolation, A resting place for beasts! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt.

Zechariah 8:17 ¹⁷ 'Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the LORD."

Zechariah 10:7 ⁷ "And Ephraim will be like a mighty man, And their heart will be glad as if from wine; Indeed, their children will see it and be glad, Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.

Malachi 2:2 ² "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

All New Testament Uses

^NAS Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

²⁸ but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

^NAS Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

^NAS Matthew 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

^NAS Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. (Mouth, heart, relationship.)

⁴⁰ for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

^NAS Matthew 13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I should heal them.'

¹⁹ "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

^NAS Matthew 15:8 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. (Religion versus heart.)

¹⁸ "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

¹⁹ "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

^NAS Matthew 18:35 "So shall My heavenly Father also do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart."

^NAS Matthew 19:8 He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart, Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

^NAS Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

^NAS Matthew 24:48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

^NAS Mark 3:5 And after looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (Religion versus heart.)

^NAS Mark 6:52 for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

^NAS Mark 7:6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

¹⁹ because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

²¹ "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

^NAS Mark 8:17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart?

^NAS Mark 10:5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

^NAS Mark 11:23 "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him.

^NAS Mark 12:30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

³³ and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

^NAS Mark 16:14 And afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

^NAS Luke 1:51 "He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

^NAS Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

⁵¹ And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

^NAS Luke 6:45 "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

^NAS Luke 8:12 "And those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved. (Devil, word, heart, conflict.)

¹⁵ "And the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

^NAS Luke 9:47 But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

^NAS Luke 10:27 And he answered and said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

^NAS Luke 12:34 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁴⁵ "But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;

^NAS Luke 18:1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

^NAS Luke 24:25 And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

^NAS John 12:40 "He has blinded their eyes, and He hardened their heart; lest they see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them."

^NAS John 13:2 And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

^NAS John 14:1 "Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

²⁷ "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

^NAS John 16:6 "But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

²² "Therefore you too now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you.

^NAS Acts 2:26 'Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted; Moreover my flesh also will abide in hope;

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

⁴⁶ And day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

^NAS Acts 4:32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own; but all things were common property to them.

^NAS Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back some of the price of the land?

⁴ "While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God."

^NAS Acts 7:51 "You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

^NAS Acts 8:21 "You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

²² "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.

³⁷ And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

^NAS Acts 11:23 Then when he had come and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

^NAS Acts 13:22 "And after He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.'

^NAS Acts 15:8 "And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

^NAS Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

^NAS Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

^NAS Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes; Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I should heal them."'

^NAS Romans 1:21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

^NAS Romans 2:5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²⁹ But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

^NAS Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

^NAS Romans 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

^NAS Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks thus, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down),

⁸ But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart "-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved;

¹⁰ for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

^NAS 1 Corinthians 2:9 but just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him."

^NAS 1 Corinthians 7:37 But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well.

^NAS 1 Corinthians 14:25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 3:15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;

^NAS 2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 5:12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, that you may have an answer for those who take pride in appearance, and not in heart.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 6:11 Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

^NAS 2 Corinthians 9:7 Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

^NAS Galatians 6:9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.

^NAS Ephesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

^NAS Ephesians 3:13 Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

^NAS Ephesians 4:18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

^NAS Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

^NAS Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

⁶ not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

^NAS Philippians 1:7 For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

^NAS Colossians 3:12 And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

²¹ Fathers, do not exasperate your children, that they may not lose heart.

²² Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

^NAS 1 Timothy 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

^NAS 2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

^NAS Philemon 1:12 And I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

^NAS Hebrews 3:10 "Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, 'They always go astray in their heart; And they did not know My ways';

¹² Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God.

^NAS Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

^NAS Hebrews 10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, And upon their mind I will write them," He then says,

²² let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

^NAS Hebrews 12:3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

^NAS Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited.

^NAS James 1:26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

^NAS James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

^NAS 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

^NAS 1 Peter 3:4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

^NAS 2 Peter 2:14 having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

^NAS 1 John 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

¹⁹ We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him,

²⁰ in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

^NAS Revelation 18:7 "To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.'

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