95 Bible Verses about Heart (KJV)

Here are 95 Bible verses about heart, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 4:23 KJV

²³Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Psalm 51:10 KJV

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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Ezekiel 36:26 KJV

²⁶A 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.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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Matthew 5:8 KJV

⁸Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

⁷But 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.

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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹²For 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.

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Matthew 22:37 KJV

³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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Psalm 34:18 KJV

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

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Proverbs 27:19 KJV

¹⁹As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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Jeremiah 17:9-10 KJV

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? ¹⁰I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Matthew 6:21 KJV

²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Psalm 19:14 KJV

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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Psalm 37:4 KJV

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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Psalm 119:11 KJV

¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷Peace 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.

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Proverbs 21:2 KJV

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Ezekiel 11:19 KJV

¹⁹And 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:

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Jeremiah 17:10 KJV

¹⁰I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Psalm 119:10 KJV

¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

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Jeremiah 29:13 KJV

¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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Proverbs 10:8 KJV

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Psalm 90:12 KJV

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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Psalm 9:1 KJV

¹I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

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Mark 11:23 KJV

²³For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

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Proverbs 3:3-4 KJV

³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: ⁴So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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Psalm 119:2 KJV

²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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Psalm 31:24 KJV

²⁴Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

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Psalm 26:2 KJV

²Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

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2 Corinthians 9:7 KJV

⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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Joshua 22:5 KJV

⁵But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Psalm 119:7 KJV

⁷I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

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Psalm 20:4 KJV

⁴Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

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Luke 6:45 KJV

⁴⁵A 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.

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Philippians 4:7 KJV

⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Psalm 27:3 KJV

³Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

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John 14:1 KJV

¹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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Proverbs 3:1-2 KJV

¹My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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James 4:8 KJV

⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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Matthew 15:18-20 KJV

¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. ¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: ²⁰These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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Psalm 73:26 KJV

²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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Psalm 147:3 KJV

³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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Hebrews 10:22 KJV

²²Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Proverbs 23:15 KJV

¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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Romans 10:10 KJV

¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Psalm 19:8 KJV

⁸The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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Psalm 86:11 KJV

¹¹Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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1 Corinthians 9:7 KJV

⁷Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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1 Peter 3:3-4 KJV

³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; ⁴But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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Ecclesiastes 11:10 KJV

¹⁰Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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Proverbs 4:20-21 KJV

²⁰My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. ²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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Joel 2:13 KJV

¹³And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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Ecclesiastes 9:7 KJV

⁷Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Mark 12:30 KJV

³⁰And 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.

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Song of Solomon 8:6 KJV

⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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Proverbs 13:12 KJV

¹²Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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Joel 2:12 KJV

¹²Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

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Psalm 13:5-6 KJV

⁵But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. ⁶I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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Luke 12:33-34 KJV

³³Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. ³⁴For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Joshua 23:14 KJV

¹⁴And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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Psalm 24:4 KJV

⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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1 Timothy 1:5 KJV

⁵Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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Mark 11:2 KJV

²And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV

⁵And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Jeremiah 17:2 KJV

²Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

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Song of Solomon 8:2 KJV

²I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

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Proverbs 3:2 KJV

²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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Proverbs 13:2 KJV

²A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

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Psalm 31:2 KJV

²Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

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Proverbs 12:25 KJV

²⁵Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

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Proverbs 10:2 KJV

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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Psalm 119:10-12 KJV

¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. ¹²Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.

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Matthew 12:34 KJV

³⁴O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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Psalm 51:10-12 KJV

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

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Psalm 90:2 KJV

²Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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Psalm 19:2 KJV

²Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

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Psalm 51:17 KJV

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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1 Samuel 16:2 KJV

²And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

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Psalm 20:3 KJV

³Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

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Psalm 9:1-2 KJV

¹I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. ²I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

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Romans 1:21 KJV

²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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Proverbs 12:2 KJV

²A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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Psalm 119:111-112 KJV

¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹²I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Psalm 27:14 KJV

¹⁴Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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Genesis 6:5 KJV

⁵And 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.

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1 Peter 3:3 KJV

³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Hebrews 3:12 KJV

¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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