Bible Verses About the Heart

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins."

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

"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."

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

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

"Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

What does the Bible say about the heart?

The Bible teaches that the heart is the center of a person's inner life (Proverbs 4:23), naturally deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9), and in need of God's transforming work (Ezekiel 36:26). Faith originates in the heart (Romans 10:10), and the pure in heart will see God (Matthew 5:8).

How do I guard my heart biblically?

Guard your heart by monitoring what you allow into it — media, relationships, thoughts (Proverbs 4:23). Pray for God to search and purify it (Psalm 139:23-24), meditate on Scripture, and treasure God above all else (Matthew 6:21).