'Hearts' in the Bible

Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

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

They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.May your hearts live forever!

Do not drag me away with the wickedAnd with those who do evil,Who speak peace with their neighbors,While malice and mischief are in their hearts.

He who fashions the hearts of them all,Who considers and understands all that they do.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,And their bow will be broken.

Our heart has not turned back,Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

Your arrows are sharp;The peoples (nations) fall under You;Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

Let death come deceitfully upon them;Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.

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

The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

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

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

And in their hearts they put God to the testBy asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.

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

“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’

To those who honor and keep His covenant,And remember to do His commandments [imprinting His word on their hearts].

Glory in His holy name;Let the hearts of those who seek and require the Lord [as their most essential need] rejoice.

He turned the heart [of the Egyptians] to hate His people,To deal craftily with His servants.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor;They stumbled and there was no one to help.

Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],But I delight in Your law.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are goodAnd to those who are upright in their hearts.

By the rivers of Babylon,There we [captives] sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].