Heart

The heart is the inner person, the seat of thought, will, desire and feeling. God looks on the heart, the natural heart is deceitful and the source of evil, and God gives a new heart to those who turn to him.

God looks on the heart

• 1 Samuel 16:7
  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.But 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.”
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• Jeremiah 17:10
  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.I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
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• Proverbs 21:2
  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
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• Hebrews 4:12
  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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• Psalm 139:23-24
  ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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The natural heart

• Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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• Mark 7:21-23
  ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
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• Genesis 6:5
  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.Then 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.
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• Matthew 15:18-19
  ¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. ¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
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A new heart

• Ezekiel 36:26
  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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• Ezekiel 11:19
  And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:And 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,
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• Psalm 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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Keeping the heart

• Proverbs 4:23
  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
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• Psalm 119:11
  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
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• Philippians 4:7
  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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• Psalm 19:14
  Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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With all the heart

• Deuteronomy 6:5
  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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• Matthew 22:37
  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.Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
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• Proverbs 3:5-6
  ⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
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• Jeremiah 29:13
  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
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The pure in heart

• Matthew 5:8
  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
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• Psalm 24:3-4
  ³Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? ⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
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• Psalm 73:1
  Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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See also

• Soul
• Born again
• Conscience
• Love
• Holiness

Notes

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