What Does the Bible Say About Our Heart?

John 14:1-2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Luke 6:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 12:34-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

21 Bible Verses about Our Heart

John 14:1-2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 12:34-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Our Heart

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John 14:1-2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 12:34-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote