Thematic Bible: Heart


Thematic Bible




because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance

The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, 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 it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? I, the LORD, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.



This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,



And knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not 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 brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD?how much more then the hearts of the children of men. Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingSearching The HeartThe Fact Of Death

But, the LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed 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 so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason 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 who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People


and because he did not need anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man. Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying



After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritSeeking GodRenewed Heart

My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises. Verse ConceptsPraiseMusicStabilityRenewed HeartI Will Sing PraisesI Will Praise You With Musicawakeningsteadfast



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

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever. Verse ConceptsFear Of The LordPenitentReceptive HeartsFear God!Keep The Commandments!



The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? I, the LORD, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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



Rescue those who are being led away to death. Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter. If you say, "Behold, we did not know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things: "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things 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 into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.






But you, LORD, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. Verse ConceptsSheepHeart, Known To GodBeing Killed Like An AnimalGod Testing PeopleKilled Like An Animal

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

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfHonestyPleasing GodProving, Through TestingVirtueGod, All knowingSearching The HeartGod Testing PeopleVolunteeringTestsexamsmotives


Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfImagination, Inward DesiresGod Testing PeopleGod Establishes UsGod Knowing the Human HeartEmotionswickednessmotives

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


The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, 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

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

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? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might 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 sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCondemned HeartsDelight, God ExpressingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPleasing GodPleasureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleAbominations, To GodTwisted Ways




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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

"Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart." Verse ConceptsSinnersFruits Of SinNature Of The HeartActing For Oneself


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

The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell 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 listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFools, Characteristics OfIndifferenceListeningCharacter Of WickedNature Of The HeartValidly Like God

Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen 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




Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands. Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

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

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But Jesus said, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHardness Of Heart




Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he did not know; and it burned him, but he did not take it to heart." Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle


Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy




Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day; that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place. Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive. read more.
"If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house; then hear in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. "When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house: then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers. "When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them: then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is; whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)

Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you; that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place. Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive. read more.
"If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house; then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. "If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house; then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers. "When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them: then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is; whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house: then hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)

Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could command and were not of double heart. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks. 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 divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones. Verse ConceptsHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleInstabilityLukewarmnessHalf HeartednessIndecisionDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks




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

Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness: Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising

If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it. Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising

and 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, to strengthen their hands in the work of God's house, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfJoy, Of IsraelWeeksSeven DaysGod EncouragingRejoicing In God's Works

Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched. Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human



The LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you; Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, HumanLoyaltyHuman Desiresimagination

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


The LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to 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

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God. Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews



Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, 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 with the heart of fools. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. Verse ConceptsPerversionEvil AssociationsIgnorance Of Evil

Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said, 'They always err in their heart, but they did not know my ways;' Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysWay, TheHeart, Of Unregenerate PeoplePeople Going Astray

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised. Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCondemned HeartsDelight, God ExpressingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPleasing GodPleasureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleAbominations, To GodTwisted Ways


One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

He did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. Verse ConceptsFailureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMind, The HumanNot Seeking God

"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of StubbornnessHardness Of HeartRebellion, Of IsraelHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleRevoltsrebellionapostasy


You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?'" Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBusybodiesProud People


As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD. Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?'" Verse ConceptsSuccessArrogance, Characterizes The WickedTwelve Beings


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






He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully. Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual UseJustice, In Believers' LivesRenewed HeartAdmission Into God's PresenceSwearing Oaths FalselyPure PeoplePurity


Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge 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 have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you. Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human ImportanceUnique Individuals

God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore. Verse ConceptsBreadthSandSolomon, Character OfUnderstandingEnlargementSpiritual ProgressSand And GravelDiscernmentmindset

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

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. Verse ConceptsChoicesValuing KnowledgeThings Like GoldThings Like SilverAlternatives To MoneyExcellence

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. Verse ConceptsTroubleServanthood, In SocietyWindControlling ParentsFruits Of SinServants Of PeopleInheritanceFamiliesFamily Problems

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine: Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingRenewed HeartAcquiring WisdomRejoicing In Wisdom


"As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, 'Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.' They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.

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. But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men." read more.
He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"' then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them. They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, 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

Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and 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 which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.' Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men 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 ordinances: you shall therefore keep and 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 have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartEternal LoyaltyI Keep The CommandmentsPeople Willing

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

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me. Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionEnjoyment, Lack OfHeart, HumanPouringMeltingWaxBowelsDislocatingMessianic Propheciesbreasts


It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesRenewed Heart

For God has made my heart faint. Shaddai has terrified me. Verse ConceptsLosing Courage

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfRenewed HeartDeterminationWhole HeartednessSingle Mindednesswandering



I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires: Verse ConceptsNightRenewed HeartSelf ExaminationExamining Yourself

And Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. 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 tell of all your marvelous works. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritMiracles, Responses ToMusicRenewed HeartPraise, Should Be Offered ByWe Thank GodThank YouGrateful Heart


QOPH. I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD. I will keep your statutes. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritCries Of Distress To GodI Keep The CommandmentsHeartfelt Prayer To God

The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them; therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. read more.
I will scatter them also 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 abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them); lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry." read more.
The LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under the sky. The LORD will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick; and that the whole land of it is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?" Then men shall say, "Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they did not know, and that he had not given to them: therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book; and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at 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 tell them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me: therefore I will cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.'




Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. Verse Conceptsethics, personalMen PleasersLordship, Human And DivinePopularityReverence, And Social BehaviourReverence, And ObedienceServants, BadServants, GoodEmployeesPopularity SoughtSingleness Of HeartBeing Seen By ManSlavesObeying PeopleThe Fear Of The Lord


The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Law.


The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his 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

Keep the king's command, because of the oath to God. Do not be hasty to go out of his presence. Do not persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him, for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?" read more.
Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise


I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her. Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfPlansEvil PlansHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleQuarrelsDissensionContentiousnessPrinciples Of WarWar


Do not draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief 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 have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual enmity; Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfEternal EvilMan AvengingRevenge

Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the LORD. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceRenewed HeartRejoicingEffect Of WineChildren BlessedFuture Rejoicing In God

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfecstasyJoy, And Human ExperienceWineAbundance, MaterialGladnessJoySleeping Peacefully

Hannah prayed, and said: "My heart exults in the LORD. My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over 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 gladness for the upright in heart. Verse ConceptsenlightenmentRenewed HeartPromised LightUprightnessLight Of God's PeopleSowing Seeds

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

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

saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive. For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.'

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessPredestination, Spiritual EventsGod KillingGod Hardening PeopleGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Without MercyCaused By God

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

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God." Verse ConceptsReformationRenewed Heart

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for 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 seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. 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 if they aren't clean according to the purification of the sanctuary."


38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ


Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident. Verse ConceptsCertaintyStrength, DivineRenewed HeartFearlessnessAttacked By EvilFreed From FearPrinciples Of WarStrength In BattleEnemy Attacks

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritTeachingThanksgivingRenewed HeartObedience To GodThanksgiving, OfferedObeying The GospelSubject To EvilAll Have SinnedThank God!doctrine


He summoned the crowd, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. That which enters into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

He called all the crowd to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man." 17 When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. read more.
He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?" He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."


38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ


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

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

Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had spoken. Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartListeningObstinate Individuals

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

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

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

The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had spoken. Verse ConceptsImitating OthersFalse Miracles, Examples OfLying WondersStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individualsmagic


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

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,



The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to 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 removed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory 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, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the LORD's temple 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, your wickedness, and ask the Lord if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. His heart is secure, he has no fears; in the end he will look in triumph on his adversaries.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanRighteous, TheSpeech, Positive Aspects OfThoughts Of The RighteousThinkingAnsweringToo Many Words

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

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. 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


lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, 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 as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "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, 'In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. They say continually to those who despise me, "The LORD has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on you."



His heart is secure, he has no fears; in the end he will look in triumph on his adversaries. Verse ConceptsVictory, As An Act Of GodFearlessnessFreed From Fearfearless

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


Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken


According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfSatisfactionStubbornness, Consequences OfProud People


and shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, 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 there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate


and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says the LORD. Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things

"Thus has the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

SIN and SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRenewed HeartBible, In Christian LivingAweIndividuals Fearing God

and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart 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 one 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 one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

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



Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCondemned HeartsDelight, God ExpressingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPleasing GodPleasureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleAbominations, To GodTwisted Ways

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction. Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfWisdom, Human ImportanceCharacter Of SaintsEnticingDiscernment



"But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it." Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOppression, Nature OfProfitsSelf IndulgenceInnocent BloodSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressorsCovetousnessDishonestyoppression

and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfExamples Of ConsecrationTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreVolunteering

If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it. Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising





Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences



My anguish, my anguish. I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, 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 bring my soul grief, because of all the daughters of my city. Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartI Am Sufferingfate

For the eyes of the LORD run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall 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 there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart 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 there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

During supper, the devil having already put 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 which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding. Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

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

Do good, LORD, to those who are good, 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 arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.







The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Verse ConceptsEarsLearning From Other PeopleInsightReceptivenessShrewdnessTeachablenessValuing KnowledgeDiscernment










But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. Verse ConceptsComing Out Of PeopleBeware Of Your SpeechOther References To MouthsDefilementThe Tonguemath

But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,' says the Lord GOD." Verse ConceptsReward, DivineFruits Of SinThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Makes Evil Rebound

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised. Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding. My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in 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 perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day." Verse ConceptsCommitmentCommitment, to GodCommands, in OTLoyaltyRenewed HeartKeep The Commandments!DedicationBeing Devoted to God


"Now therefore put away the foreign gods which 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, you righteous. Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. Verse ConceptsRighteousness, Of BelieversRejoicingGladnessUprightnessJoy And Happiness


We can't reach Shaddai. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress. Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."


God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice; behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God. Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews





For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessPredestination, Spiritual EventsGod KillingGod Hardening PeopleGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Without MercyCaused By God

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings out that which is 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 slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. read more.
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do." The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one. Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank. Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord." The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying, and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight." But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem. Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name." But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the sons of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake." Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.


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


You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath


It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day. Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChanged HeartPeople TransformedMan's Words Fulfilledsaul



Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardness Of HeartStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individuals

But Sihon 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 deliver him into your hand, as at this day. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeoplePeople Unwilling

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent. Verse ConceptsCraftinessProstitutionShrewdnessDistinctive ClothingBeing A Woman Of Godmakeupwomanwhores



and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; 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 of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel. Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodThe Elderlymovement

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 of the LORD that he had worked for Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Of



Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate





But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. Verse ConceptsdiligenceSkinningFew Priests

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