Bible Verses About The Heart of Man
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the heart of man, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 12,990 votes, led by Jeremiah 17:9-10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Heart of Man
Jeremiah 17:9-10608 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Luke 6:45429 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 4:23421 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Psalms 51:10403 votes
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
1 Samuel 16:7338 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Ezekiel 36:26328 votes
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Mark 7:21-23315 votes
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Jeremiah 17:9303 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Genesis 6:5262 votes
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21213 votes
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Mark 12:30208 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Proverbs 3:5196 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Luke 8:15188 votes
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Hebrews 4:12187 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Matthew 22:37158 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Psalms 119:11153 votes
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Jeremiah 29:13153 votes
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Romans 10:10149 votes
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Psalms 119:2136 votes
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Matthew 12:34133 votes
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 27:19131 votes
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Psalms 19:14130 votes
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 27:14127 votes
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Hebrews 13:9120 votes
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Deuteronomy 6:5113 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
What does the Bible say about the heart of man?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 17:9-10 on the subject of the heart of man. Across 12,990 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:45, Proverbs 4:23, Psalms 51:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.