Following Your Heart

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; — read the full passage →

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. — read the full passage →

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, — read the full passage →

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment. — read the full passage →

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. — read the full passage →

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 come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. — read the full passage →

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; — read the full passage →

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: — read the full passage →

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. — read the full passage →

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: — read the full passage →

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. — read the full passage →

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. — read the full passage →

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. — read the full passage →

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. — read the full passage →

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. — read the full passage →

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: — read the full passage →

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. — read the full passage →

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. — read the full passage →

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. — read the full passage →

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. — read the full passage →

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; — read the full passage →

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. — read the full passage →

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. — read the full passage →

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. — read the full passage →

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. — read the full passage →

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. — read the full passage →

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. — read the full passage →

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. — read the full passage →

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — read the full passage →

The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. — read the full passage →