17 Bible Verses about Imagination, Inward Desires

Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.

casting down reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil, for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

then thou shalt hear in the heavens, in the habitation of thy dwelling place, and forgive and do and give to each one according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the sons of men),

And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

And the LORD replied unto Samuel, Do not look on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused him, for it is not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.

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

Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.

Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

shall not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the speech of the pure is pure.

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

But, O LORD of the hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them, for unto thee I have uncovered my cause.