Quotes about Heart

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.