Thematic Bible: Character of the renewed Heart


Thematic Bible



With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments.


For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your wonders.

Qoph.
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.



Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

My son, if your heart is wise,
My own heart also will be glad;


But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.



I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.



My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.


But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

He took great pride in the ways of the Lord and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.


“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.


“Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their children will see it and be glad,
Their heart will rejoice in the Lord.

Then Hannah prayed and said,
“My heart exults in the Lord;
My horn is exalted in the Lord,
My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies,
Because I rejoice in Your salvation.


because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.

It came about afterward that David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe.


But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, even to the end.


I will give heed to the blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”


As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.












Light is sown like seed for the righteous
And gladness for the upright in heart.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.


My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!




He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.



I will remember my song in the night;
I will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit ponders:


I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.


Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your words.


I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, even to the end.


The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.


“You found his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give him the land of the Canaanite,
Of the Hittite and the Amorite,
Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—
To give it to his descendants.
And You have fulfilled Your promise,
For You are righteous.




My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.


Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.


A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!