Heart - People Must

Prepare their hearts for God

1 Samuel 7:3

And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Give their hearts to God

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

Apply their heart to understanding

Proverbs 2:2

turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,

Guide their hearts

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

Believe in their hearts

Romans 10:9

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Serve Him with all their heart

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—

Purify their hearts

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Have a heart of mercy

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Walk in truth before God with all their heart

1 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.’