1457 verses about Heart

When I considered these things in myself, And took thought in my heart how that in kinship to wisdom is immortality,

For a corruptible body weighs down the soul, And the earthy frame lies heavy on a mind that is full of cares.

Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, Wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, And kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.

His heart is ashes, And his hope of less value than earth, And his life of less honor than clay:

And from within the heart the expectation of them being less Maketh of greater account the ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.

The fear of the Lord will delight the heart, And will give gladness, and joy, and length of days.

Disobey not the fear of the Lord; And come not to him with a double heart.

Exalt not yourself, lest you fall, And bring dishonor upon your soul; And so the Lord will reveal your secrets, And will cast you down in the midst of the congregation; Because you came not to the fear of the Lord, And your heart was full of deceit.

Set your heart aright, and constantly endure, And make not haste in time of calamity.

Woe to fearful hearts, and to faint hands, And to the sinner that goes two ways!

Woe to the faint heart! for it believes not; Therefore will it not be defended.

They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, And will humble their souls in his sight,

A stubborn heart will fare ill at the last; And he that loves danger will perish therein.

A stubborn heart will be laden with troubles; And the sinner will heap sin upon sin.

To a heart that is provoked add not more trouble; And defer not to give to him that is in need.

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me.

Follow not your own mind and your strength, To walk in the desires of your heart;

Come to her with all your soul, And keep her ways with your whole power.

Let your mind dwell upon the ordinances of the Lord, And meditate continually in his commandments: He will establish your heart, And your desire of wisdom will be given to you.

Give glory to your father with your whole heart; And forget not the pangs of your mother.

Strive not with a rich man, lest haply he overweigh you: For gold has destroyed many, And turned away the hearts of kings.

Open not your heart to every man; And let him not return you a favor.

Turn away your eye from a comely woman, And gaze not on another’s beauty: By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray; And herewith love is kindled as a fire.

It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord; And his heart is departed from him that made him.

As a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man; And as one that is a spy, he looks upon your falling.

Never trust your enemy: For like as the brass rusts, so is his wickedness.

And the enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, And in his heart take counsel how to overthrow you into a pit: The enemy will weep with his eyes, And if he find opportunity, he will not be satiated with blood.

The heart of a man changes his countenance, Whether it be for good or for evil.

A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; And the finding out of parables is a weariness of thinking.

He that considers her ways in his heart Shall also have knowledge in her secrets.

And in like manner the six hundred thousand footmen, Who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.

My son, hearken to me, and learn knowledge, And give heed to my words with your heart.

Counsel, and tongue, and eyes, Ears, and heart, gave he them to understand withal.

He set his eye upon their hearts, To show them the majesty of his works.

He that makes merry in his heart will be condemned:

There is one that slips, and not from the heart: And who is he that has not sinned with his tongue?

There is one that does wickedly, that hangs down his head with mourning; But inwardly he is full of deceit,

A man’s attire, and grinning laughter, And gait, show what he is.

One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner; And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.

The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel; And he will hold no knowledge.

The mouth of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation; And they will ponder his words in their heart.

The heart of fools is in their mouth; But the mouth of wise men is their heart.

Timber girded and bound into a building will not be loosed with shaking: So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid.

A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding Is as an ornament of plaister on a polished wall.

Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

He that pricks the eye will make tears to fall; And he that pricks the heart makes it to show feeling.

Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over my heart? That they spare me not for my ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins:

A man that goes astray from his own bed, Saying in his heart, Who sees me? Darkness is round about me, and the walls hide me, And no man sees me; of whom am I afraid? The Most High will not remember my sins;

Give me any plague but the plague of the heart; And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman;

A wicked woman is abasement of heart, And sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart: A woman that will not make her husband happy Is as hands that hang down, and palsied knees.

Whether a man be rich or poor, A good heart makes at all times a cheerful countenance.

Of three things my heart was afraid; And concerning the fourth kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, and the assembly of a multitude, and a false accusation: All these are more grievous than death.

A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous of another woman, And the scourge of a tongue communicating to all.

The whoredom of a woman is in the lifting up of her eyes; And it will be known by her eyelids.

Look well after an impudent eye; And marvel not if it trespass against you.

For two things my heart is grieved; And for the third anger comes upon me: A man of war that suffers for poverty; And men of understanding that are counted as refuse: One that turns back from righteousness to sin; The Lord will prepare him for the sword.

The fruit of a tree declares the husbandry thereof; So is the utterance of the thought of the heart of a man.

The discourse of a godly man is always wisdom: But the foolish man changes as the moon.

For as a man has destroyed his enemy, So have you destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.

Man cherisheth anger against man; And does he seek healing from the Lord?

He that makes too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; And his heart will be troubled at every cry.

There is no riches better than health of body; And there is no gladness above the joy of the heart.

Gladness of heart is the life of a man; And the joyfulness of a man is length of days.

Love your own soul, and comfort your heart: And remove sorrow far from you; For sorrow has destroyed many, And there is no profit therein.

A cheerful and good heart Will have a care of his meat and diet.

Remember that an evil eye is a wicked thing: What has been created more evil than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face.

The furnace proves the temper of steel by dipping; So does wine prove hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

Wine drunk in season and to satisfy Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:

There take your pastime, and do what is in your heart; And sin not by proud speech:

He that seeks the law shall be filled therewith: But the hypocrite shall stumble thereat.

The heart of a fool is as a cartwheel; And his thoughts like a rolling axle tree.

Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: And the heart fancies, as a woman’s in travail.

If they be not sent from the Most High in your visitation, Give not your heart to them.

The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting: So does an understanding heart false speeches.

A froward heart will cause heaviness: And a man of experience will recompense him.

O wicked imagination, whence came you rolling in To cover the dry land with deceitfulness?

And make the counsel of your heart to stand; For there is none more faithful to you than it.

As a token of the changing of the heart,

Put away wrong doing, and order your hands aright, And cleanse your heart from all manner of sin.

For of sorrow comes death, And sorrow of heart will bow down the strength.

In calamity sorrow also remains: And the poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.

Give not your heart to sorrow: Put it away, remembering the last end:

He will apply his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, And will make supplication before the Most High, And will open his mouth in prayer, And will make supplication for his sins.

The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, Trouble their thoughts, and cause fear of heart;

Wine and music rejoice the heart; And the love of wisdom is above both.

Riches and strength will lift up the heart; And the fear of the Lord is above both: There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord, And there is no need to seek help therein.

He searcheth out the deep, and the heart, And he has understanding of their cunning plans: For the Most High knows all knowledge, And he looks into the signs of the world,

The eye will marvel at the beauty of its whiteness, And the heart will be astonished at the raining of it.

God give you wisdom in your heart To judge his people in righteousness, That their good things be not abolished, And that their glory endure for all their generations.

Also the judges, every one by his name, All whose hearts went not a whoring, And who turned not away from the Lord, May their memorial be blessed.

In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory; With his whole heart he sang praise, And loved him that made him.

Who was recorded for reproofs in their seasons, To pacify anger, before it brake forth into wrath; To turn the heart of the father to the son, And to restore the tribes of Jacob.

Then were their hearts and their hands shaken, And they were in pain, as women in travail;

He set his heart right toward the Lord; In the days of wicked men he made godliness to prevail.

May he grant us joyfulness of heart, And that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity:

I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem, Who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.

Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things; And he that lays them up in his heart shall become wise.

From her flower as from the ripening grape my heart delighted in her: My foot trod in uprightness, From my youth I tracked her out.

I set my soul aright to her, And in pureness I found her. I got me a heart joined with her from the beginning: Therefore shall I not be forsaken.

My inward part also was troubled to seek her: Therefore I have gotten a good possession.