100 Bible Verses about the Heart of Man (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about the heart of man, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

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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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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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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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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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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Mark 7:21-23 KJV

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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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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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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Genesis 8:21 KJV

²¹And 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.

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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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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

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

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Luke 8:15 KJV

¹⁵But 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.

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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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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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Psalm 119:11 KJV

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

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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 119:2 KJV

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

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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 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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Proverbs 27:19 KJV

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

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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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Hebrews 13:9 KJV

⁹Be 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.

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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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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

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

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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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Matthew 15:18 KJV

¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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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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Matthew 5:8 KJV

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

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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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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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Matthew 6:21 KJV

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

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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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Psalm 14:1 KJV

¹The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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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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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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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 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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Matthew 15:19 KJV

¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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Proverbs 28:14 KJV

¹⁴Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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Matthew 9:4 KJV

⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

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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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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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Psalm 44:21 KJV

²¹Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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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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Romans 5:5 KJV

⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

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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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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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Psalm 119:10 KJV

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

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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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Proverbs 23:19 KJV

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

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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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Ecclesiastes 9:3 KJV

³This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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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 119:7 KJV

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

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Luke 16:15 KJV

¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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Proverbs 20:9 KJV

⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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Psalm 112:7 KJV

⁷He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 28:9 KJV

⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Psalm 20:4 KJV

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

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Proverbs 22:15 KJV

¹⁵Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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1 Peter 1:22 KJV

²²Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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Mark 6:52 KJV

⁵²For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

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Psalm 139:23 KJV

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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1 Peter 3:15 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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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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Proverbs 15:13 KJV

¹³A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11 KJV

¹¹Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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1 Kings 8:39 KJV

³⁹Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

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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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Mark 7:21 KJV

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Proverbs 15:15 KJV

¹⁵All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

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Proverbs 11:20 KJV

²⁰They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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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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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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Colossians 3:15 KJV

¹⁵And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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1 Corinthians 4:5 KJV

⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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Luke 10:27 KJV

²⁷And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

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Proverbs 15:1-33 KJV

¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ²The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. ³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. ⁴A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. …

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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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Matthew 13:15 KJV

¹⁵For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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Matthew 11:29 KJV

²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

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Romans 10:9 KJV

⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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Proverbs 14:30 KJV

³⁰A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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Psalm 66:18 KJV

¹⁸If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

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Numbers 16:22 KJV

²²And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

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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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Mark 7:21-22 KJV

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Psalm 53:1 KJV

¹The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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Hebrews 3:10 KJV

¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

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Romans 10:9-10 KJV

⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Matthew 15:18-19 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:

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Acts 15:8 KJV

⁸And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

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Proverbs 17:3 KJV

³The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

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Psalm 5:9 KJV

⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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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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Acts 15:9 KJV

⁹And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

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