'Heart' in the Bible

Tremble, and do not sin;Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

You have put gladness in my heart,More than when their grain and new wine abound.

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

For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;I will tell of all Your wonders.

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,They make ready their arrow upon the stringTo shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

They speak falsehood to one another;With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

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

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

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;There is no one who does good.

He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,And speaks truth in his heart.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;My flesh also will dwell securely.

You have tried my heart;You have visited me by night;You have tested me and You find nothing;I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,With their mouth they speak proudly.

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartBe acceptable in Your sight,O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

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 afflicted will eat and be satisfied;Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.Let your heart live forever!

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehoodAnd has not sworn deceitfully.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged;Bring me out of my distresses.

Examine me, O Lord, and try me;Test my mind and my heart.

Though a host encamp against me,My heart will not fear;Though war arise against me,In spite of this I shall be confident.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

Wait for the Lord;Be strong and let your heart take courage;Yes, wait for the Lord.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart exults,And with my song I shall thank Him.

Be strong and let your heart take courage,All you who hope in the Lord.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

For our heart rejoices in Him,Because we trust in His holy name.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;There is no fear of God before his eyes.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Delight yourself in the Lord;And He will give you the desires of your heart.

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

The law of his God is in his heart;His steps do not slip.

I am benumbed and badly crushed;I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

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

I delight to do Your will, O my God;Your Law is within my heart.”

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,And my heart has failed me.

And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood;His heart gathers wickedness to itself;When he goes outside, he tells it.

Our heart has not turned back,And our steps have not deviated from Your way,

Would not God find this out?For He knows the secrets of the heart.

For the choir director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.My heart overflows with a good theme;I address my verses to the King;My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Your arrows are sharp;The peoples fall under You;Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

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

My mouth will speak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

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

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;There is no one who does good.

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

His speech was smoother than butter,But his heart was war;His words were softer than oil,Yet they were drawn swords.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!

No, in heart you work unrighteousness;On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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

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

They devise injustices, saying,“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him;And all the upright in heart will glory.

If I regard wickedness in my heart,The Lord will not hear;

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,And for comforters, but I found none.

The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God, let your heart revive.

A Psalm of Asaph.Surely God is good to Israel,To those who are pure in heart!

Their eye bulges from fatness;The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pureAnd washed my hands in innocence;

When my heart was embitteredAnd I was pierced within,

My flesh and my heart may fail,But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

I will remember my song in the night;I will meditate with my heart,And my spirit ponders:

And not be like their fathers,A stubborn and rebellious generation,A generation that did not prepare its heartAnd whose spirit was not faithful to God.

And in their heart they put God to the testBy asking food according to their desire.

For their heart was not steadfast toward Him,Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,And guided them with his skillful hands.

“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,To walk in their own devices.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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

Teach me Your way, O Lord;I will walk in Your truth;Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,And will glorify Your name forever.

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

For judgment will again be righteous,And all the upright in heart will follow it.

“For forty years I loathed that generation,And said they are a people who err in their heart,And they do not know My ways.

Light is sown like seed for the righteousAnd gladness for the upright in heart.

I will give heed to the blameless way.When will You come to me?I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

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

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away,Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

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.

Glory in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.

He turned their heart to hate His people,To deal craftily with His servants.

Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;They stumbled and there was none to help.

A Song, a Psalm of David.My heart is steadfast, O God;I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

For I am afflicted and needy,And my heart is wounded within me.

Praise the Lord!I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,In the company of the upright and in the assembly.

He will not fear evil tidings;His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear,Until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries.

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,Who seek Him with all their heart.

I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart,When I learn Your righteous judgments.

With all my heart I have sought You;Do not let me wander from Your commandments.