Bible Verses About The Heart
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the heart, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,163 votes, led by Proverbs 27:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Heart
Proverbs 27:1986 votes
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Jeremiah 17:977 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
1 Samuel 16:760 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.
Matthew 6:2159 votes
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Proverbs 4:2354 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Psalms 51:1042 votes
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Proverbs 15:1338 votes
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Jeremiah 17:9-1037 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 22:3737 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.
John 7:3832 votes
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Matthew 12:3430 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 3:5-627 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Psalms 37:426 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Proverbs 3:5-725 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 17:2224 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Psalms 19:1422 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.
Matthew 5:822 votes
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
John 14:2722 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2020 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Ezekiel 11:1919 votes
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Luke 6:4519 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.
Psalms 34:1818 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ezekiel 36:2618 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.
2 Corinthians 9:718 votes
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Proverbs 10:817 votes
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
What does the Bible say about the heart?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 27:19 on the subject of the heart. Across 1,163 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 17:9, 1 Samuel 16:7, Matthew 6:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.