What Does the Bible Say About Preparing Your Heart?

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Ezra 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

Malachi 3:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.

James 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 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.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

2 Corinthians 8:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

1 Corinthians 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 2 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 2:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

Psalm 143:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

1 Samuel 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Luke 6:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

34 Bible Verses about Preparing Your Heart

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezra 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 2:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 143:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Preparing Your Heart

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1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezra 7:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 8:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 2:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 143:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 66:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote