the heart
What does the Bible say about the heart? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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19In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?
7And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”
21For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
23Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
12Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.
9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it? 10I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.
13A rejoicing heart gladdens the face. But by the grief of the soul, the spirit is cast down.
37Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
38whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”
34Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.