'Heart' in the Bible

Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ?

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Grant thee thy heart's desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

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

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

When thou saidst , Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, Because we have trusted in his holy name.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: Then'spake I with my tongue:

I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great assembly.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

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

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon .

They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion .

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

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.