17 Bible Verses about Imagination, Inward Desires

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

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

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

Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.

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

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
But pleasant words are pure.

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.

But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
Who tries the feelings and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You have I committed my cause.