73 Bible Verses about Heart, Human
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goes in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Then said Joab, I cannot tarry thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
When I heard, my body trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he comes up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.
For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods surrounded me: all your billows and your waves passed over me.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which was in your heart, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon your own head;
Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this your so great a people?
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And it shall be unto you a tassel, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to follow harlotry:
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and direct their heart unto you:
Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my heart be consumed within me.
Trust not in oppression, and hope not vainly in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
And seek you not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be of anxious mind.
And he said unto his brothers, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done unto us?
Where shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
And among these nations shall you find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; and I will destroy its counsel: and they shall seek after the idols, and the charmers, and the mediums, and the wizards.
My heart panted, fearfulness appalled me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
In the morning you shall say, Would God it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would God it were morning! because of the fear of your heart by which you shall fear, and because of the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
And the men of Ai struck of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and struck them on the descent: therefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
Therefore the king said unto me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my body.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick, a paralytic, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the paralytic; Son, be of good cheer; your sins be forgiven you.
Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
Lest there should be among you a man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears bitterness or wormwood;
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Blessed be the LORD 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:
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out toward Absalom.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you; behold, I am with you according to your heart.
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