The Heart

The Lord Sees the Heart

1. 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the Lord does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the Lord sees the heart.”ChapterRelated
2. 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.ChapterRelated
3. Jeremiah 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.ChapterRelated
4. Proverbs 20:5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.ChapterRelated
5. Psalm 139:23–24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.ChapterRelated
6. 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.ChapterRelated

Out of the Overflow of the Heart

1. Genesis 6:5Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.ChapterRelated
2. Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.ChapterRelated
3. Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.”ChapterRelated
4. Matthew 15:18–19But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.ChapterRelated
5. Luke 6:45The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.ChapterRelated
6. Matthew 6:21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.ChapterRelated

A Heart of Flesh

1. Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.ChapterRelated
2. Jeremiah 24:7I 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.ChapterRelated
3. Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.”ChapterRelated
4. Ezekiel 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.ChapterRelated
5. Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.ChapterRelated
6. 2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.ChapterRelated

With All Your Heart

1. Deuteronomy 6:5–6And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.ChapterRelated
2. Psalm 86:11Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.ChapterRelated
3. Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.ChapterRelated
4. Hebrews 3:12–13See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.ChapterRelated
5. Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.ChapterRelated
6. Romans 10:10For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.ChapterRelated
7. 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.ChapterRelated

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

1. Psalm 24:3–4Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.ChapterRelated
2. Acts 16:14Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.ChapterRelated
3. Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”ChapterRelated
4. Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.ChapterRelated
5. Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.ChapterRelated