'Heart' in the Bible

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.

According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.

A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

An abomination to Jehovah is every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

To the wise in heart is called, 'Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

Many are the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked is sin.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- are unsearchable.

Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.