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100 Bible Verses about God Wants Our Heart

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 75 helpful votes

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 68 helpful votes

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

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 68 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 66 helpful votes

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 59 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.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 54 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 17:10 ESV / 53 helpful votes

“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 49 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.

John 14:27 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Ezekiel 36:26 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

John 3:16 ESV / 42 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 40 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 39 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 38 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 37 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ezekiel 11:19 ESV / 37 helpful votes

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 37 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 37 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 37 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Jeremiah 17:9-10 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Proverbs 27:19 ESV / 36 helpful votes

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 9:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

1 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 35 helpful votes

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 33 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 30 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.

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Psalm 119:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.

Psalm 86:11 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Luke 16:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

Proverbs 28:14 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

Psalm 119:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!

Psalm 119:2 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 27 helpful votes

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Psalm 20:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes

May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

Joshua 22:5 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Hosea 6:6 ESV / 25 helpful votes

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

James 4:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Kings 8:39 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

John 14:23 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

John 14:15 ESV / 22 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 21 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Psalm 139:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Matthew 9:4 ESV / 20 helpful votes

But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 20 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. ...

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 15:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Mark 12:30 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Matthew 12:11 ESV / 19 helpful votes

He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Hosea 10:1-15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars. Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars. For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord; and a king—what could he do for us?” They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for it has departed from them. ...

Deuteronomy 4:29 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Revelation 21:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Hebrews 11:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 8:10 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Colossians 3:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

Colossians 3:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Ephesians 1:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 12:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Romans 5:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Luke 12:33-34 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Mark 12:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 18 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Hosea 10:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hosea 10:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.

Hosea 10:3-4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord; and a king—what could he do for us?” They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 10:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.

Jeremiah 31:1-40 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.” Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and shall enjoy the fruit. ...

Jeremiah 29:23 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the Lord.’”

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 18 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

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