'Heart' in the Bible

Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah

You have put gladness in my heart more than {when} their grain and their wine abound.

My shield [is] with God who saves the upright of heart.

I will thank Yahweh with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.

He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."

[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.

How long must I take counsel in my soul, [and] sorrow in my heart [all the] day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love. My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices. Yes, my body will dwell in safety,

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

They have shut off their calloused [heart]; [with] their mouth they speak arrogantly.

[The] children of a foreign land {lost heart}, and they came trembling from their strongholds.

The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer.

You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within me}.

[The] afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever.

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

Remove the troubles of my heart; bring me out from my distresses.

Though an army encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me, [even] in this I [will] remain confident.

On your behalf my heart says, "Seek my face." Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.

Be strong and let your heart show strength, all [you] who wait for Yahweh.

Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, [you] righteous, and shout for joy, all [you] upright of heart.

The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart {from one generation to the next}.

he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works.

For in him our heart rejoices because in his holy name we trust.

An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Prolong your loyal love to those who know you, and your righteousness to [the] upright of heart.

Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.

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

The law of his God [is] in his heart. His steps will not slip.

I am faint and crushed greatly; I groan because of the roaring of my heart.

My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

My heart grew hot inside me; in my sighing a fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue,

Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from [the] great congregation.

For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.

Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.

would not God discover this, for he knows [the] secrets of [the] heart?

My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.

My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart [will be] understanding.

Create a clean heart for me, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit {within me}.

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

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

My heart trembles within me, and deathly terrors fall on me.

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

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.

My heart [is] steadfast, O God; My heart [is] steadfast. I will sing and give praise.

No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.

From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart grows faint. You will lead me to a rock [that is] higher than I.

Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God [is] a refuge for us. Selah

Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain [confidence] in robbery. If wealth increases, do not set [your] heart [on it].

{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.

[The] righteous will rejoice in Yahweh and take refuge in him, and all [the] upright in heart will boast.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

[The] afflicted will see [and] rejoice. O God seekers, let your heart revive,

Surely God is good to Israel, to those pure of heart.

Their eye bulges from fat. Imaginings overflow [their] heart.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.

When my heart was embittered and I felt stabbed in my kidneys,

My flesh and heart failed, [but] God [is] the {strength} of my heart and my reward forever.

They have said in their heart, "We will completely oppress them." They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

I remember my song in the night. With my heart I meditate, and my spirit searches [to understand].

and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

And he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skillfulness of his hands.

So I let them go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels.

My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Blessed [is the] man whose strength [is] in you; in their heart [are the] highways [to Zion].

Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, [that] I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name.

I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever,

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

For judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart [will follow] after it.

"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

For forty years I loathed [that] generation, and said, '[They are] a people [whose] heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'

Light [is] sown for the righteous, and joy for [the] upright in heart.

I will give attention to [the] way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil.

One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.

My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

and wine [that] makes glad [the] heart of man, so that [their] faces shine from oil, and bread [that] strengthens the heart of man.

Boast about his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

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

he therefore humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled and there was no helper.

My heart [is] steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even [with] my glory.

for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with all [my] heart, in [the] assembly of [the] upright and [the] congregation.

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.