'Heart' in the Bible

"How blessed are those who are pure in heart, because it is they who will see God!

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

for this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods."

because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices."

He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.

However, Mary continued to treasure all these things in her heart and to ponder them.

Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart."

He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."

Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

By supper time, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

That is why my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, yes, even my body still rests securely in hope.

When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

Now all the believers were one in heart and soul, and nobody called any of his possessions his own. Instead, they shared everything they owned.

Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?

You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God.

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

God, who knows everyone's heart, showed them he approved by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.

At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

For this people's minds have become stupid, and their ears can barely hear, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn and let me heal them."'

But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart,

Therefore, God has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.

But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring the Messiah down),

But what does it say? "The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming:

If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For one believes with his heart and is justified, and declares with his mouth and is saved.

His secret, inner heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is truly among you!"

I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

But thanks be to God, who placed in the heart of Titus the same dedication to you that I have.

Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

Brothers, although we have been separated from you for a little while in person but not in heart we eagerly desire to see you again face to face.

The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.

Flee from youthful passions. Instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.

18If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.this favor from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Messiah!

20Yes, brother, I desire this favor from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Messiah!

See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them.

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'