Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.

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

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

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

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart.

I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.

Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.

But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

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

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.

Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.

As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)