Heart: Unclassified Scriptures Descriptive of the Seat of the Affections

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

And 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.

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.”

As 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.

And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.

He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit. …

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

The 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.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. …

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. …

…do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”