17 Bible Verses about Imagination, Inward Desires

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,
and may You forgive, act, and repay the man,
according to all his ways, since You know his heart,
for You alone know every human heart,

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.

Lord, my every desire is known to You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

The Lord detests the plans of an evil man,
but pleasant words are pure.

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests heart and mind,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.