Bible Verses With Heart In Them

The heart is often seen as the center of our emotions, desires, and intentions. In the Bible, the word “heart” appears frequently, symbolizing the core of our spiritual and emotional life. Whether it’s about loving God with all our heart, guarding our hearts against evil, or finding peace and strength within, these verses provide profound insights into the significance of the heart in our relationship with God. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses that highlight the importance of the heart in our faith journey.

Bible Verses With Heart In Them

Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Matthew 22:37 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”

Psalm 51:10 – “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

Jeremiah 17:10 – “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

Psalm 119:11 – “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”

Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Ezekiel 36:26 – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

1 Samuel 16:7 – “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.’”

Psalm 73:26 – “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

Proverbs 27:19 – “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”

Romans 10:9 – “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Psalm 19:14 – “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

Hebrews 4:12 – “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

Proverbs 21:2 – “A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.”

Colossians 3:2 – “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Jeremiah 29:13 – “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Psalm 26:2 – “Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;”

Matthew 6:21 – “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

1 Peter 3:15 – “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”

James 4:8 – “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

Proverbs 16:9 – “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

Psalm 119:36 – “Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.”

Mark 7:21-22 – “For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.”

Acts 15:9 – “He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.”

Proverbs 15:13 – “A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.”

Matthew 15:18 – “But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.”

Ephesians 3:17 – “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,”

Deuteronomy 6:5 – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”

Psalm 9:1 – “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”

Luke 10:27 – “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Psalm 84:2 – “My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”

Proverbs 11:20 – “The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.”

Psalm 42:11 – “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”

Romans 5:5 – “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

1 Samuel 7:3 – “So Samuel said to all the Israelites, ‘If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'”

Isaiah 29:13 – “The Lord says: ‘These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.’”

Matthew 12:34 – “You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

Psalm 66:18 – “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;”

Revelation 2:23 – “I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 – “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.”

Psalm 139:23 – “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”

Deuteronomy 10:16 – “Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.”

Jeremiah 24:7 – “I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.”

Psalm 112:7 – “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”

2 Chronicles 16:9 – “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”

Proverbs 21:1 – “In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.”

Philippians 4:7 – “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Hosea 10:12 – “Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.”

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