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| | A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. The [[Bible]] mentions the heart as a seat for our deepest emotions and wishes. | | A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. The [[Bible]] mentions the heart as a seat for our deepest emotions and wishes. |
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| − | ==References to the Heart in the Bible==
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| − | Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
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| − | and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
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| − | Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
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| − | again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
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| − | of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
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| − | living creatures, as I have done.''
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| − | Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
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| − | perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
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| − | But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''
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| − | Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
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| − | signs and wonders in Egypt,''
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| − | Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
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| − | as the LORD had said.''
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| − | Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
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| − | and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
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| − | just as the LORD had said.''
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| − | Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
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| − | people go.''
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| − | Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
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| − | sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''
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| − | Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
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| − | just as the LORD had said through Moses.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
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| − | LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
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| − | to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
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| − | commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
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| − | forever!''
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| − | Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
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| − | with all your strength.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
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| − | fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
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| − | LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''
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| − | Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
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| − | love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
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| − | your soul--''
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| − | Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
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| − | laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
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| − | whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
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| − | those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
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| − | bitter poison.''
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| − | Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
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| − | him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
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| − | command you today,''
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| − | Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
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| − | war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
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| − | them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''
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| − | 1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
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| − | voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''
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| − | 1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
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| − | LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
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| − | in your deliverance.''
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| − | 1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
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| − | he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
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| − | go on their way?''
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| − | 1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
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| − | these signs were fulfilled that day.''
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| − | 1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
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| − | hearts God had touched.''
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| − | 1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
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| − | watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
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| − | heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''
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| − | 1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
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| − | distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
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| − | 1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
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| − | heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
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| − | 2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
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| − | the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
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| − | people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
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| − | tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
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| − | 1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
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| − | serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
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| − | searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
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| − | you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
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| − | reject you forever.''
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| − | 1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
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| − | integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
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| − | And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
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| − | 2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
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| − | 2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
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| − | Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''
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| − | 2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
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| − | -even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''
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| − | Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
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| − | king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
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| − | Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
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| − | him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
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| − | Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
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| − | because you are righteous.''
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| − | Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''
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| − | Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
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| − | hearts and be silent. Selah''
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| − | Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
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| − | Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
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| − | violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''
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| − | Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
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| − | Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
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| − | heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''
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| − | Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
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| − | him--may your hearts live forever!''
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| − | Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
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| − | soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''
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| − | Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''
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| − | Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
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| − | out against me, even then will I be confident.''
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| − | Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
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| − | Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
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| − | Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
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| − | Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
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