Quotes about Heart
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 3:10
Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
— Jeremiah 3:15
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
— Jeremiah 4:4
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
— Jeremiah 4:14
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
— Jeremiah 4:18
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
— Jeremiah 4:19
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
— Jeremiah 7:24
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
— Jeremiah 8:18
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
— Jeremiah 9:8
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
— Jeremiah 9:14
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
— Jeremiah 9:26
Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
— Jeremiah 11:8