'Heart' in the Bible
The pure in heart are blessed,for they will see God.
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.
Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
For this people’s heart has grown callous;their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heartsand turn back—and I would cure them.
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
These people honor Me with their lips,but their heart is far from Me.
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”
He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’
He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:These people honor Me with their lips,but their heart is far from Me.
For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated.” (As a result, He made all foods clean.)
Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened?
I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.
All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.
But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them.
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.
A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
But the seed in the good ground—these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.
He answered:Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him.
“Your heart must not be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.
Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Therefore my heart was glad,and my tongue rejoiced.Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,
When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”
Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,
Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!”
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,
After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me, who will carry out all My will.’
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.
A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.
Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
For the hearts of these peoplehave grown callous,their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heart,and be converted,and I would heal them.
But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter. That man’s praise is not from men but from God.
But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,
that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down
On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
But as it is written:What eye did not see and ear did not hear,and what never entered the human mind—God prepared this for those who love Him.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will) and has decided in his heart to keep his own virgin, will do well.
The secrets of his heart will be revealed, and as a result he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is really among you.”
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in the outward appearance rather than in the heart.
We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.
Thanks be to God who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,
speaking to one anotherin psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,singing and making musicfrom your heart to the Lord,
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.
It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and establishment of the gospel.
But as for us, brothers, after we were forced to leave you for a short time (in person, not in heart), we greatly desired and made every effort to return and see you face to face.
Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Yes, brother, may I have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.
Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.
By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.
As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,give her that much torment and grief,for she says in her heart,“I sit as a queen;I am not a widow,and I will never see grief.”
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