The Heart

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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

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

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

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

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

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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

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

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

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

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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 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:

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

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.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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

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

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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

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

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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

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

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

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

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

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

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

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

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.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. — read the full passage →

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. — read the full passage →

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. — read the full passage →

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

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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

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

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. — read the full passage →

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →