Thematic Bible: Heart


Thematic Bible




for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance

And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfSweet OdoursCurses, DivineCovenant, God's with Noahevil, origins ofEarth, Promises AboutBeing Born In SinAromasHeart, DivineMind, The HumanSin, Universality OfSmellsAltarsBeing Evil From YouthGod KillingThoughts Of The WickedSoliloquyGod CursingGod Killing All PeopleRefreshing GodThe Hearts Incination To Evil

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."



This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,



Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartDisharmonyMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About PeoplePeople Destroying Foreign NationsDisunitydivision

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD; how much more the hearts of the children of man! Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingSearching The HeartThe Fact Of Death

O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingGod Testing PeopleGod And The HeartGod Knowing the Human HeartRevengeTests


And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts? Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSpirit, Nature OfSpiritual PerceptionHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusReasoned ArgumentChrist Knowing About PeopleGod Knowing the Human Heart

But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People


and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying



And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritSeeking GodRenewed Heart

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Verse ConceptsPraiseMusicStabilityRenewed HeartI Will Sing PraisesI Will Praise You With Musicawakeningsteadfast



You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Righteousness OfHeart, And Holy SpiritRenewed HeartGod Gave The LandGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever! Verse ConceptsFear Of The LordPenitentReceptive HeartsFear God!Keep The Commandments!



The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMan's WaysGod, All knowingGod Seeing All People



Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?

"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. "'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servantsto practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. read more.
I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.





"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. Verse ConceptsClaimsLiesToleranceChurch DisciplineFalse Teachers, Examples OfChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversBad CompanyEvil AssociationsChrist Knowing About PeopleFalse WaysFalse ApostlesThe Fact Of ToilOne's DeedsFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersEnduranceHard Work And Perseverance

But you, O LORD, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. Verse ConceptsSheepHeart, Known To GodBeing Killed Like An AnimalGod Testing PeopleKilled Like An Animal

O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingGod Testing PeopleGod And The HeartGod Knowing the Human HeartRevengeTests

I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfHonestyPleasing GodProving, Through TestingVirtueGod, All knowingSearching The HeartGod Testing PeopleVolunteeringTestsexamsmotives


Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfImagination, Inward DesiresGod Testing PeopleGod Establishes UsGod Knowing the Human HeartEmotionswickednessmotives

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But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfImagination, Inward DesiresVengeanceGod, All knowingGod Testing PeopleGod Knowing the Human Heart


And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfSweet OdoursCurses, DivineCovenant, God's with Noahevil, origins ofEarth, Promises AboutBeing Born In SinAromasHeart, DivineMind, The HumanSin, Universality OfSmellsAltarsBeing Evil From YouthGod KillingThoughts Of The WickedSoliloquyGod CursingGod Killing All PeopleRefreshing GodThe Hearts Incination To Evil

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you? Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofCleanliness, Metaphorical UseHeart, Fallen And RedeemedJerusalem, Significance OfWashingThoughts Of The WickedContinuing In Sin

Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle." Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersEmotions, Kinds OfAnger, HumanShepherds, As OccupationsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CauseNamed People Angry With OthersNo More Tending The FlockEmotions


Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences





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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart." Verse ConceptsSinnersFruits Of SinNature Of The HeartActing For Oneself


"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them." Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartInsensibilityStiffnecked PeoplePeople ConvertedGod BlindingNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Hardening PeopleNo Healingbasketball

The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineWord Of GodApathyHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleCharacter Of WickedSpeaking As From GodDisunity

But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFools, Characteristics OfIndifferenceListeningCharacter Of WickedNature Of The HeartValidly Like God

Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfAttitudes Of StubbornnessRebukeUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Sourced InReclining To EatSeeing The Risen ChristChrist AppearingDoubting The ResurrectionNot Believing PeopleConsequences Of ObstinacyElevenChrist Is Risen




The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands. Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithApathyStiffnecked PeopleObstinate IndividualsNot Understanding God's Things

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And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHardness Of Heart




So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle


do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy




Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. read more.
"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness. "When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers. "When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you, that your eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have promised to set your name, that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. read more.
"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness. "If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers. "When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,

Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsExile, in assyriaHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Results OfSuperiorityBusiness EthicsAssyria, Prophecies OfHaughtinessThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaHumbling The ProudEnd Of ActionsGod Opposes The Proud


Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars. Verse ConceptsHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleInstabilityLukewarmnessHalf HeartednessIndecisionDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks




and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart: Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceProud People

"Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness: Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising

If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising

And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfJoy, Of IsraelWeeksSeven DaysGod EncouragingRejoicing In God's Works

Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched. Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human



O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, HumanLoyaltyHuman Desiresimagination

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!


And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodCircumcision, spiritualHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, RenewedWhole HeartednessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsAttitudes Of LoveLove For GodLife By LovingThe Need To Love GodTrue Circumcision




Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, Fallen And RedeemedTransformationSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfNew HeartsSending Things AwayReceptive HeartsRepent Lest You Die



The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise





The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. Verse ConceptsPerversionEvil AssociationsIgnorance Of Evil

Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.' Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysWay, TheHeart, Of Unregenerate PeoplePeople Going Astray

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised. Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays



A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways


But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of StubbornnessHardness Of HeartRebellion, Of IsraelHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleRevoltsrebellionapostasy

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipInjustice, Examples OfPride, Evil OfPride, Results OfSecrecySuperiorityAbaseSlanderAbasement Of The ProudInformation In SecretProud People

You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?" Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBusybodiesProud People


The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

You say, 'See, I have struck down Edom,' and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?" Verse ConceptsSuccessArrogance, Characterizes The WickedTwelve Beings

A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched. Verse ConceptsCovetingProsperityPride, Results InThe Effects Of FaithThe Righteous ProsperEconomicsGreedTrusting OthersConflict

We have heard of the pride of Moab-- he is very proud-- of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance





He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. Verse ConceptsGood KingsPure PeopleBest FriendsPurityFriendship And LoveFriendship KjvTrue FriendsSpeechgraciousness

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual UseJustice, In Believers' LivesRenewed HeartAdmission Into God's PresenceSwearing Oaths FalselyPure PeoplePurity


Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?" Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfHeart, HumanWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanKnowledgeDiscerning God's ThingsPeople Involved In JudgementPay Attention To God!Making DecisionsDiscernmentDecision Making


behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human ImportanceUnique Individuals

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, Verse ConceptsBreadthSandSolomon, Character OfUnderstandingEnlargementSpiritual ProgressSand And GravelDiscernmentmindset

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength --who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?-- Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfRevelation, Necessity OfPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodGod Is StrongWisdomPeace And Strengthprospering

Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, Verse ConceptsChoicesValuing KnowledgeThings Like GoldThings Like SilverAlternatives To MoneyExcellence

Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. Verse ConceptsTroubleServanthood, In SocietyWindControlling ParentsFruits Of SinServants Of PeopleInheritanceFamiliesFamily Problems

Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingRenewed HeartAcquiring WisdomRejoicing In Wisdom


"As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.' And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." read more.
And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)-- then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."

"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

"And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWalkingWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Elements OfDuty Of Man To GodTrue ReligionWhole HeartednessMan's Conduct Towards GodLove For GodGod's NeedsThe Need To Love GodFear God!relaxation

that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David

not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseMen PleasersPleasing GodServants, BadPleasing MenPopularity SoughtSubmission To God's WillDoing God's WillWork As To ChristService

"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. Verse Conceptsethics, personalethics, and graceHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessFulfilling The LawKeep The Commandments!

I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end. Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartEternal LoyaltyI Keep The CommandmentsPeople Willing

because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsHumilityRepentance, Examples OfRenewed HeartPenitentConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfHumbling OneselfHumble YourselfChanging Yourself

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionEnjoyment, Lack OfHeart, HumanPouringMeltingWaxBowelsDislocatingMessianic Propheciesbreasts


And afterward David's heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesRenewed Heart

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; Verse ConceptsLosing Courage

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfRenewed HeartDeterminationWhole HeartednessSingle Mindednesswandering



I said,"Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search: Verse ConceptsNightRenewed HeartSelf ExaminationExamining Yourself

Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. Verse ConceptsPraying QuietlyThe Lips Of The RighteousHeart, And Holy SpiritLipsRenewed HeartMoving OnPrayingdrunkardsHeartfelt Prayer To God

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritMiracles, Responses ToMusicRenewed HeartPraise, Should Be Offered ByWe Thank GodThank YouGrateful Heart


With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep your statutes. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritCries Of Distress To GodI Keep The CommandmentsHeartfelt Prayer To God

And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink. read more.
I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them."

And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. read more.
The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick-- the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath-- all the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?' Then people will say, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, and the LORDuprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.' "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

then you shall say to them: 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the LORD, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me. Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'






The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts; their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.


The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GODconcerning Edom: We have heard a report from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!" Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, "What are you doing?" read more.
Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Verse ConceptsGuidance, From Godly PeopleSelf ControlWisdom, Human ImportanceNature Of The HeartEnticingTeaching The Way Of God

And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her. Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging



Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts. Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedEvil PlansPeace, In The WickedMischiefEvil AssociationsTaking Other PeopleNo Peace

"Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfEternal EvilMan AvengingRevenge

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the LORD. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceRenewed HeartRejoicingEffect Of WineChildren BlessedFuture Rejoicing In God

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfecstasyJoy, And Human ExperienceWineAbundance, MaterialGladnessJoySleeping Peacefully

And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, As SaviorPraying LoudlyDeliverance, Response ToDelighting, Right Kinds OfHeart, And Holy SpiritHornsJoy, And Human ExperienceRenewed HeartRejoicingExcitementdeliverance

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Verse ConceptsenlightenmentRenewed HeartPromised LightUprightnessLight Of God's PeopleSowing Seeds

behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit. Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPromised JoyOthers MourningA Broken Heart

Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." Verse ConceptsConvincingHardened HeartsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRepentance, Importance OfSpiritual DeafnessShutting SecurelyDefective VisionBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingNo HealingUnhearing

"'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

For it was the LORD's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessPredestination, Spiritual EventsGod KillingGod Hardening PeopleGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Without MercyCaused By God

And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsGod Hardening PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPower, HumanOther Miracles

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God." Verse ConceptsReformationRenewed Heart

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Verse ConceptsGod, Titles And Names OfHeart, And Holy SpiritRenewed HeartPassionThe SoulLiving For GodsoulHeartfelt Prayer To God

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Verse ConceptsDoctrine, CommunicatedIntelligenceStudyRenewed HeartMan's PurposesStudying The LawTeaching The Way Of GodStudyingstatues

who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness."




Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. Verse ConceptsCertaintyStrength, DivineRenewed HeartFearlessnessAttacked By EvilFreed From FearPrinciples Of WarStrength In BattleEnemy Attacks

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritTeachingThanksgivingRenewed HeartObedience To GodThanksgiving, OfferedObeying The GospelSubject To EvilAll Have SinnedThank God!doctrine


And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

And he called the people to him again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. read more.
And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."




But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHeart, Fallen And RedeemedCorrupted ConsciencesStiffnecked PeopleCessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go. Verse ConceptsObstinate Individuals

Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartListeningObstinate Individuals

But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillGod Hardening People

And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsGod Hardening PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPower, HumanOther Miracles

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Verse ConceptsMultiplyingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSensitivityGod Hardening PeopleSigns And Wonders Before Christ

But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. Verse ConceptsImitating OthersFalse Miracles, Examples OfLying WondersStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individualsmagic


and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, Duties OfEarnestnessReturning To GodWhole HeartednessBlessings Of ObedienceObeying God

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,



The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones. Verse ConceptsCheerfulnessBonesJoy, And Human ExperienceNewsSadnessLiving In The LightGood NewsSmilingcheerleading

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Results OfStubbornness, Consequences OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleArrogance, Punishment OfThe Proud Will Be AbasedDeposingLosing HonourPridearroganceroyalty

But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. Verse ConceptsForgettingPride, Results OfSelf ConfidenceStubbornness, Consequences OfSuperiorityTemptation, Sources OfSacrilegeEntering The Templearrogance

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanRighteous, TheSpeech, Positive Aspects OfThoughts Of The RighteousThinkingAnsweringToo Many Words

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways." Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysRejection Of GodThe Number FortySin, Nature OfWay, TheIgnorance Towards God, Examples Of40 To 50 YearsFalling Away From God


Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer

for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. Verse ConceptsMindBad ThoughtsThe Inner ManDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedThinkingLack Of MeaningEating And DrinkingMind BattlesMovies





"Thus says the LORD: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, 'It shall be well with you'; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, 'No disaster shall come upon you.'"



His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. Verse ConceptsVictory, As An Act Of GodFearlessnessFreed From Fearfearless

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritSeeking GodSpiritualityEarnestnessKeep The Commandments!


then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken


but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me. Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfSatisfactionStubbornness, Consequences OfProud People


and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, Duties OfEarnestnessReturning To GodWhole HeartednessBlessings Of ObedienceObeying God



This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate


do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the LORD." Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRenewed HeartBible, In Christian LivingAweIndividuals Fearing God

I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalRenewed HeartThe Eternal CovenantLater Covenants With GodEverlastingGod's Covenant Is EverlastingGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodcovenant

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. Verse ConceptsThings Like SilverThe TongueWorthValue




A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfWisdom, Human ImportanceCharacter Of SaintsEnticingDiscernment




and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the LORD, with 200,000 mighty men of valor. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfExamples Of ConsecrationTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreVolunteering

If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising





Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences



My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city. Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartI Am Sufferingfate

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars." Verse ConceptsCommitmentGod, Human Descriptions OfFaultsFace Of Godevil, believers' responses toCommitment, to GodGod, Present EverywhereVisionWatchfulness, DivineHelp From GodGod, All knowingEyesBeing Devoted to GodEarthSupport


This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Verse ConceptsGoadsevil, origins ofLove FeastSatan, Agents OfSatan, Work OfJudas Betraying ChristThe Devil Tempting PeopleThe Devilzealots


There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Verse ConceptsenlightenmentRenewed HeartPromised LightUprightnessLight Of God's PeopleSowing Seeds

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts! Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartUprightnessGod Doing Good

Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.





A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched. Verse ConceptsCovetingProsperityPride, Results InThe Effects Of FaithThe Righteous ProsperEconomicsGreedTrusting OthersConflict


An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Verse ConceptsEarsLearning From Other PeopleInsightReceptivenessShrewdnessTeachablenessValuing KnowledgeDiscernment










But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. Verse ConceptsComing Out Of PeopleBeware Of Your SpeechOther References To MouthsDefilementThe Tonguemath

But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD." Verse ConceptsReward, DivineFruits Of SinThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Makes Evil Rebound

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised. Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding. My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.

On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah



Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day." Verse ConceptsCommitmentCommitment, to GodCommands, in OTLoyaltyRenewed HeartKeep The Commandments!DedicationBeing Devoted to God


He said, "Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel." Verse ConceptsRestoration After BackslidingAbandoning Things

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! Verse ConceptsRighteousness, Of BelieversRejoicingGladnessUprightnessJoy And Happiness


The Almighty--we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate. Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."


And God said to him, "Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.






For it was the LORD's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessPredestination, Spiritual EventsGod KillingGod Hardening PeopleGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Without MercyCaused By God

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Verse ConceptsBad ThoughtsBad PeopleBad LanguageBackbitingImagination, Inward DesiresSin, Nature OfSpeech, Power And Significance OfControlling Your ThoughtsCursingPowers Of SpeechGood PeoplePersonal GoodAbundanceclosure

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. read more.
And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name." But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;


Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' Verse Conceptsrebirth


You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath


When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day. Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChanged HeartPeople TransformedMan's Words Fulfilledsaul



Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed? Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardness Of HeartStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individuals

But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeoplePeople Unwilling

And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. Verse ConceptsCraftinessProstitutionShrewdnessDistinctive ClothingBeing A Woman Of Godmakeupwomanwhores



You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Righteousness OfHeart, And Holy SpiritRenewed HeartGod Gave The LandGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs


Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel. Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodThe Elderlymovement

And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the LORD had done for Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Of



Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate




Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. Verse ConceptsLifestylesActs of KindnessNecksRopesTabletsWritingFaithful, Choose To RemainBindingJoined To GoodWriting On PeopleBlessingFaithfulnessfitnessdevotionclosuregraciousness

But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished--for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. Verse ConceptsdiligenceSkinningFew Priests

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts! Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartUprightnessGod Doing Good

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