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