47 occurrences in 13 translations

'Heart' in the Bible

And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

Verse ConceptsLike Men

I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineWord Of GodApathyHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleCharacter Of WickedSpeaking As From GodDisunity

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFools, Characteristics OfIndifferenceListeningCharacter Of WickedNature Of The HeartValidly Like God

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!Listening To God

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsReward, DivineFruits Of SinThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Makes Evil Rebound

'Son of man, prophesy concerning the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and thou hast said to those prophesying from their own heart: Hear ye a word of Jehovah:

Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFalse Prophets DenouncedProphesy!imagination

Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

Verse ConceptsdaughtersProphetessThoughts Of The WickedFalse Prophets DenouncedPeople Opposed

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinNot Turning AsideKeeping Oneself AlivePeople Encouraging Others

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

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartIdol WorshipIn FrontHindering God's Work

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

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartGod Will AnswerIdol WorshipGod Opposes IdolatryIn FrontHindering God's Work

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodEstrangementSeparation From GodGod Opposes IdolatryStrong Delusion

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

Verse ConceptsForeignersenquiring of GodOffenceSeparation From GodGod Will AnswerIn FrontHindering God's WorkImmigrants

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Verse ConceptsLukewarmness

Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Verse ConceptsRejecting ThingsNature Of IdolatrySabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep Commands

“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsSorrowBitternessA Broken Heart

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

Verse ConceptsBeing StrongEnduringCourage And Strength

‘Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFortressesKilled With The SwordChildren SufferingPolluting Holy Places

And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,

Verse ConceptsThe Glory Of Man

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

Verse ConceptsFeetClappingStampingRejoicing In Evil

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfEternal EvilMan AvengingRevenge

Your realm was in the heart of the sea;your builders perfected your beauty.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made PerfectIn The Heart Of The Seaborders

Ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your goods.So you became full and heavily loadedin the heart of the sea.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingIn The Heart Of The Sea

Your rowers have brought youonto the high seas,but the east wind has shattered youin the heart of the sea.

Verse ConceptseastHeart, HumanWindOut Of The EastSea DwellersRowingThe East Wind

Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,your sailors and captains,those who repair your leaks,those who barter for your goods,and all the warriors within you,with all the other people on board,sink into the heart of the seaon the day of your downfall.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSoldiersSealing ThingsThings Fallingsailing

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessSackcloth And AshesBitternessgrievingbranding

“In their wailing they will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for youAnd sing a dirge for you:‘Who is like Tyre,Like her who is silent [destroyed] in the midst of the sea?

Verse ConceptsWailingUnique Nations

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofComplacencyExaggerationsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLove, Abuse OfPride, Evil OfPride, Examples OfRulersSelf ConfidenceSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Causes OfSuperiorityAudacitySelf ExaltationArrogantly Like GodIn The Heart Of The SeaMen As GodsProud Peoplelimitations

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

Verse ConceptsArrogantly Like God

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulFalse WisdomAspects Of People Made KnownGentile RulersPeople Have Honour

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

Verse ConceptsHeightSelf ExaltationThings On High

And I have vexed the heart of many peoples, In My bringing in thy destruction among nations, Unto lands that thou hast not known.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleTroubling Groups Of People

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfNationalismConquestFire Of God's AngerRejoicing In EvilTaking Possession

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansThoughts Of The WickedGod's PlanThe MindThoughtsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSpreading StoriesLooking And SeeingPay Attention To People!God's Things RevealedWhy God Did Things

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Son of man, set thy heart, and see with thine eyes, and with thine ears hear, all that I am speaking with thee, of all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and of all its laws; and thou hast set thy heart to the entrance of the house, with all the outlets of the sanctuary,

Verse ConceptsWelcoming Other PeopleNot Welcoming PeoplePlans For A New TempleLooking At God's WorksThe Law Given To Israel

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesPollutionsForeigners In The Holy PlacesBreaking The CovenantFat Of The SacrificesUncircumcised In HeartCovenant Made At Sinai

Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsForeignersExclusivenessForeigners In The Holy PlacesStrangers in israel

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Essence (7 instances)
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Gist (1 instance)
Kernel (3 instances)
Marrow (5 instances)
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Nerve (2 instances)

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