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100 Bible Verses about Gods Heart

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 116 helpful votes

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

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 107 helpful votes

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

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 95 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.”

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 91 helpful votes

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

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 89 helpful votes

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

Ezekiel 36:26 ESV / 84 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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 82 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 3:5-6 ESV / 81 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.

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 75 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.

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 72 helpful votes

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

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 71 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.

John 14:27 ESV / 69 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.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 67 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 67 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:2 ESV / 65 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.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 ESV / 65 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 / 64 helpful votes

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

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 64 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 60 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 59 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 58 helpful votes

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

Psalm 9:1 ESV / 58 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.

Ezekiel 11:19 ESV / 57 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,

James 4:8 ESV / 54 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.

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 54 helpful votes

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

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.”

Psalm 119:10 ESV / 53 helpful votes

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

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 52 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.”

John 3:16 ESV / 51 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.

Psalm 24:4 ESV / 51 helpful votes

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

1 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 49 helpful votes

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

Romans 10:10 ESV / 49 helpful votes

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 49 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.

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 48 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 47 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.

Acts 13:22 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

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

Luke 12:33-34 ESV / 45 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.

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 45 helpful votes

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

Joshua 22:5 ESV / 45 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.”

John 14:1 ESV / 43 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 43 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV / 42 helpful votes

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 41 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,

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 38 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Mark 12:30 ESV / 37 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.’

Psalm 27:3 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 35 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 34 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.

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 33 helpful votes

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

Mark 6:52 ESV / 32 helpful votes

For they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Job 9:4 ESV / 32 helpful votes

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—

1 Samuel 16:13 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 13:14 ESV / 32 helpful votes

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Kings 8:39 ESV / 30 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),

1 Samuel 16:1-23 ESV / 30 helpful votes

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 29 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.

1 Samuel 16:14-23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him. And Saul's servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.” So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.” One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.” ...

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 28 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.

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 28 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. ...

Luke 6:45 ESV / 27 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.

Psalm 73:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 25 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, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Psalm 51:17 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

Psalm 4:4 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Luke 16:15 ESV / 24 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.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Revelation 2:23 ESV / 23 helpful votes

And I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Acts 15:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

Luke 8:15 ESV / 23 helpful votes

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

Psalm 119:2 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Psalm 44:21 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 22 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Psalm 20:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 1:22 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 21 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Romans 8:27 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Psalm 97:11 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Colossians 3:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Psalm 112:7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 20 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.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Ephesians 6:6 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Romans 6:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

Acts 2:46 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

Psalm 125:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!

Proverbs 13:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 17 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 17 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 119:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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

Psalm 10:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Proverbs 17:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 16 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 3:1-2 ESV / 16 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

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