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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
With perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
And again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
“‘Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ...
And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
For they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
But when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
“Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,
Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”
And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.
Then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.
But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’
My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.
We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
“For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,
Behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
And all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
For their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.
Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.
I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.
The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.”
The Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:
The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
Would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.