Bible Verses About The Heart

Our hearts are central to our emotions and spiritual lives, and the Bible often speaks to the state of our hearts. Short Bible verses about the heart offer powerful insights and encouragement in just a few words. In this blog post, we’ll explore a collection of brief yet impactful scriptures that reflect on the importance of the heart in our relationship with God. These verses are easy to remember and can serve as quick reminders of what it means to have a heart aligned with God’s will.

Bible Verses About The Heart

Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”

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

Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”

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

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

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

Romans 10:10 – “For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”

1 Samuel 16:7 – “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.'”

Psalm 19:14 – “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

Matthew 12:34 – “You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

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

Proverbs 27:19 – “As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.”

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

Psalm 139:23 – “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!”

Luke 6:45 – “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 – “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.”

Proverbs 15:13 – “A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.”

Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

Proverbs 21:2 – “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.”

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

Hebrews 10:22 – “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”

Proverbs 16:9 – “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”

Psalm 112:7 – “He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.”

Psalm 40:8 – “I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

1 John 3:20 – “For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.”

Proverbs 22:17 – “Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.”

Psalm 62:8 – “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.”

Matthew 15:18 – “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.”

Psalm 112:1 – “Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!”

Proverbs 4:4 – “He taught me and said to me, ‘Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.'”

Psalm 51:6 – “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.”

Proverbs 12:25 – “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.”

Lamentations 3:41 – “Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.”

2 Corinthians 1:22 – “And who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”

Psalm 86:11 – “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.”

Proverbs 11:20 – “Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.”

1 Samuel 7:3 – “And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ‘If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'”

1 Kings 8:61 – “Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”

Proverbs 23:7 – “For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. ‘Eat and drink!’ he says to you, but his heart is not with you.”

Psalm 11:4 – “The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.”

Ephesians 6:6 – “Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”

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

Luke 8:15 – “As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.”

Proverbs 14:30 – “A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.”

1 Corinthians 14:25 – “The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.”

1 John 4:7 – “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Luke 21:14 – “Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer.”

Psalm 86:4 – “Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.”

Psalm 9:1 – “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.”

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