17 Bible Verses about Nature Of The Heart

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, are deep.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.

Yea, they made their hearts as a flint stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent by his Spirit through the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy.

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Your way and your doings have procured these things unto you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches unto your heart.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them?

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols;

For this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

For the heart of this people is stubborn, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.