Bible Verses about “the heart”
The Bible contains 13 verses about the heart across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.”
“The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
“¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”
“Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.›”
“‹He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.›”
“‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.›”
“I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.”
“¶ As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.”