Top 25 Bible Verses About the Heart (NIV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about the Heart (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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1 Samuel 16:7

57 votes

⁷ But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

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Proverbs 27:19

37 votes

¹⁹ As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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Proverbs 15:13

33 votes

¹³ A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

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Matthew 6:21

26 votes

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

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Proverbs 4:23

24 votes

²³ Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

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Jeremiah 17:9

21 votes

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

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Matthew 22:37

13 votes

³⁷ Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

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John 7:38

#10

12 votes

³⁸ Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

#11

12 votes

¹⁹ Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

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Matthew 12:34

#12

11 votes

³⁴ You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Proverbs 3:5-7

#14

10 votes

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. ⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.

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John 14:27

#15

9 votes

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

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Proverbs 17:22

#16

9 votes

²² A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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Psalm 37:4

#18

8 votes

⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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Psalm 19:14

#19

8 votes

¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Psalm 51:10

#20

7 votes

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

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Proverbs 3:5-6

#22

7 votes

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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Luke 6:45

#23

7 votes

⁴⁵ The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

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Proverbs 21:2

#24

7 votes

² All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

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Jeremiah 17:9-10

#26

6 votes

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? ¹⁰ "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

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