73 Bible Verses about Heart, Human

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.

Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he enters the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.

Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.

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

“At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up,
The flowing waters stood up like a heap;
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;

“Your rowers have brought you
Into great waters;
The east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.

“For You had cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current engulfed me.
All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.

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.

The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the Lord shall return your evil on your own head.

So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

“Please receive instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
But the counsel of the Lord will stand.

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

For their minds devise violence,
And their lips talk of trouble.

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

He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

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

It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You;

Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.

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

And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

Then he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack.” And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’

Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.

Foreigners fade away,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

Therefore all hands will fall limp,
And every man’s heart will melt.

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

As for those of you who may be left, I will also bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee as though from the sword, and they will fall.

In the morning you shall say, ‘Would that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Would that it were morning!’ because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see.

The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.

So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.

My heart is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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

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.

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

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”

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

And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings.

“Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution.

so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.

Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,

So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was inclined toward Absalom.

Then the anger of the Lord burned against Moses, and He said, “Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire.”