'Heart' in the Bible

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.

Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. By David. A contemplative psalm.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."

I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. A Psalm by Asaph.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.

because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;