'Heart' in the Bible

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

{To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.} I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,With their mouth they speak proudly.

Foreigners lose heartand come trembling from their fortifications.

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.

I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

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

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth, humbled myself with fasting, and prayed from my heart repeatedly for them.

They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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

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

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

I remember this as I pour out my heart:how I walked with many,leading the festive procession to the house of God,with joyful and thankful shouts.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

God will hear and humble them,Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.Because in them there has been no change [of heart],And they do not fear God [at all].

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

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

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.

Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.