'Hearts' in the Bible

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

“Will they (the fathers) not teach you and tell you,And utter words from their hearts [the deepest part of their nature]?

Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

"Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;You will strengthen their hearts.You will listen carefully,

They lie to one another;they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

The humble will eat and be satisfied;those who seek the Lord will praise Him.May your hearts live forever!

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

For our hearts rejoice in Himbecause we trust in His holy name.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Their swords will enter their own hearts,and their bows will be broken.

Our hearts have not turned back;our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;the peoples fall under you.

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

Let death come deceitfully upon them;Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

Trust in Him at all times, you people;pour out your hearts before Him.God is our refuge.Selah

They devise wicked schemes, saying, "We have completed our plans, hiding them deep in our hearts."

The humble have seen it and are glad;You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

Their eyes bulge out from fatness;the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

And not be like their fathers—A stubborn and rebellious generation,A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

And in their hearts they put God to the testBy asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.

their hearts were insincere toward Him,and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Happy are the people whose strength is in You,whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,as on that day at Massah in the wilderness

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;they do not know My ways.”

To those who honor and keep His covenant,And remember to do His commandments [imprinting His word on their hearts].

Honor His holy name;let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

whose hearts He turned to hate His peopleand to deal deceptively with His servants.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor;They stumbled and there was no one to help.

You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.

Their hearts are hard and insensitive,but I delight in Your instruction.

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

By the rivers of Babylon,There we [captives] sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].

who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,but those who promote peace have joy.

A prudent man keeps what he knows to himself, but the hearts of fools shout forth their foolishness.

Desire realized is sweet to the soul;But it is detestable to fools to turn away from evil [which they have planned].

The lips of the wise spread knowledge,But the hearts of fools are not so.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

The light of the eyes rejoices the hearts of others,And good news puts fat on the bones.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

for their hearts plan violence,and their words stir up trouble.

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?Won’t He who protects your life know?Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

He kisses the lips [and wins the hearts of people]Who gives a right and straightforward answer.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep,so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live—after that they go to the dead.

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

“Render the hearts of this people insensitive,Their ears dull,And their eyes dim,Otherwise they might see with their eyes,Hear with their ears,Understand with their hearts,And return and be healed.”

When it became known to the house of David that Aram had occupied Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.

and all of the people were evil Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria saying proudly with arrogant hearts:

Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.

The Lord said:Because these people approach Me with their mouthsto honor Me with lip-service—yet their hearts are far from Me,and their worship consists of man-made ruleslearned by rote—

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

Say to those with anxious hearts, "Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.'

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my instruction in their hearts. Don't fear the insults of mortals, and don't be dismayed at their hateful words.