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What Does the Bible Say About Following Your Heart?

Here are 12 Bible verses about following your heart, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Jeremiah 17:9

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    BSBThe heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  2. #2Proverbs 3:5-7

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

    BSBTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  3. #3Luke 12:34

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

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

  4. #4Matthew 15:19

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

    BSBFor out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  5. #5Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

    BSBDelight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

  6. #6Proverbs 28:26

    He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

    BSBHe who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

  7. #7Proverbs 4:23

    Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

    BSBGuard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  8. #8Romans 10:10

    For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

    BSBFor with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

  9. #9Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

    BSBMy flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

  10. #10Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

    BSBRejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

  11. #11Luke 6:45

    A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

    BSBThe good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

  12. #12Matthew 5:8

    Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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