Heart’s Hope

Years ago, I prepared this for my husband when he had heart surgery. Putting it here for others who may need it. 

Bible Quotes about the Heart for praying about heart-related issues.

 

Exodus 23:9   

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:17 

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Deuteronomy 4:9  

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deuteronomy 4:29  

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Deuteronomy 4:39   

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Deuteronomy 5:29 

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 6:5  

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

Deuteronomy 8:5

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Deuteronomy 10:12 

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Deuteronomy 11:13  

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 15:7  

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:10   

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Deuteronomy 20:3  

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Joshua 22:5 

But 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.

1 Samuel 12:20 

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

1 Samuel 12:24  

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

1 Kings 3:6 

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

1 Kings 3:9 

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 3:12 

Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

1 Kings 4:29 

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

1 Kings 8:58   

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:61  

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

2 Kings 20:3

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.

2 Kings 22:19  

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:9  

And 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;

 

1 Chronicles 29:17  

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Job 9:4 

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Job 22:22 

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Job 23:16  

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 27:6  

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Job 33:3 

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Job 34:14 

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Job 38:36 

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Psalm 4:4 

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Psalm 7:10  

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Psalm 9:1 

I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.

Psalm 13:5 

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 16:9 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Psalm 19:8 

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

Psalm 19:14 

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

Psalm 22:26 

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psalm 24:4 

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

Psalm 26:2 

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

Psalm 27:3  

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

Psalm 27:14  

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

Psalm 28:7  

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Psalm 31:24 

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

Psalm 32:11 

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 33:11 

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations

Psalm 34:18 

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

Psalm 37:4

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

Psalm 39:3   

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Psalm 40:10 

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Psalm 40:12  

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Psalm 51:10 

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

Psalm 51:17  

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

Psalm 57:7  

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Psalm 61:2 

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 62:8  

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 64:10 

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory

Psalm 69:20  

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 69:32  

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Psalm 73:13 

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalm 73:26  

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

Psalm 84:5

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Psalm 86:11  

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

Psalm 86:12  

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

Psalm 90:12 

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

Psalm 94:15 

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Psalm 97:11  

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psalm 101:2  

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Psalm 108:1 

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 112:7 

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

Psalm 112:8 

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Psalm 119:2 

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

Psalm 119:7 

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

Psalm 119:10 

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

Psalm 119:11 

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

Psalm 119:32  

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119:80 

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Psalm 119:111 

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 131:1 

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Psalm 141:4 

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Proverbs 2:2  

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:10 

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 3:1 

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 3:3  

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart.

Proverbs 3:5

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

Proverbs 4:4 

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:23  

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

Proverbs 6:25  

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 14:14 

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Proverbs 17:22 

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:

Proverbs 24:17  

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Isaiah 66:14 

And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Jeremiah 3:15  

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 4:19 

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 15:16 

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jeremiah 24:7 

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:13

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

Jeremiah 31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:39 

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Jeremiah 32:40 

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Jeremiah 32:41 

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Ezekiel 3:10  

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Ezekiel 11:19 

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:

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 28:6 

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

Matthew 5:8 

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

Matthew 6:21  

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

Matthew 11:29 

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

 Matthew 15:18  

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 22:37 

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.

Mark 11:23  

For 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.

Mark 12:33 

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And 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. And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Luke 8:15 

But 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.

Luke 24:32

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

John 14:1

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

John 16:22  

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Acts 2:26  

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Acts 14:17  

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Romans 5:5  

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

Romans 6:17

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

1 Corinthians 2:9  

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore 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.

1 Corinthians 7:37  

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

2 Corinthians 4:6  

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:11

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

2 Corinthians 9:7  

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

Ephesians 3:17  

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 5:19 

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Ephesians 6:6 

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Philippians 4:7 

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

Colossians 2:2 

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Colossians 3:15  

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

Colossians 3:16 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 3:22  

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

Colossians 3:23 

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

1 Thessalonians 2:4  

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

2 Thessalonians 2:17  

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work

2 Thessalonians 3:5 

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

1 Timothy 1:5  

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

2 Timothy 2:22   

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 3:15 

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Hebrews 4:12  

For 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.

Hebrews 8:10  

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

Hebrews 10:22 

Let 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.

James 4:8  

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

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing 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:

1 Peter 3:4  

But 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.

1 Peter 3:15  

But 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:

2 Peter 1:19  

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

1 John 3:20  

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

1 John 3:21 

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

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