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Lexicon :: Strong's H3820 - lēḇ

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לֵב
Transliteration
lēḇ
Pronunciation
lave
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A form of לֵבָב (H3824)
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TWOT Reference: 1071a

Strong’s Definitions

לֵב lêb, labe; a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:—care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.


Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 593x

The KJV translates Strong's H3820 in the following manner: heart (508x), mind (12x), midst (11x), understanding (10x), hearted (7x), wisdom (6x), comfortably (4x), well (4x), considered (2x), friendly (2x), kindly (2x), stouthearted (with H47) (2x), care (with H7760) (2x), misc 21.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 593x
The KJV translates Strong's H3820 in the following manner: heart (508x), mind (12x), midst (11x), understanding (10x), hearted (7x), wisdom (6x), comfortably (4x), well (4x), considered (2x), friendly (2x), kindly (2x), stouthearted (with H47) (2x), care (with H7760) (2x), misc 21.
  1. inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding

    1. inner part, midst

      1. midst (of things)

      2. heart (of man)

      3. soul, heart (of man)

      4. mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory

      5. inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

      6. conscience

      7. heart (of moral character)

      8. as seat of appetites

      9. as seat of emotions and passions

      10. as seat of courage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵב lêb, labe; a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:—care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.


Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H3820: Abbreviations
לֵב 599 noun masculine Proverbs 23:15 († feminine Proverbs 12:25, from influence of נֶפֶשׁ see De Now) inner man, mind, will, heart, absolute and construct לֵב Genesis 8:21 239 times; לֶבֿ Exodus 15:8 + 15 times; suffix לִבִּי Genesis 24:45 + 102 times; לִבְּךָ Exodus 9:14 + 28 times; לִבֶּ֑ךָ Judges 19:6 + 25 times; לִבֵּךְ Isaiah 47:7 + 7 times; לִבּוֺ Genesis 6:5 + 93 times; לִבָּהּ Judges 19:3 + 7 times; לִ בֵּנוּ Isaiah 41:22 + 5 times; לִבְּכֶם Genesis 8:5 + 2 times; לִבָּם Genesis 42:28 + 56 times; לִבָּן Exodus 35:26; לִבְּהֶן Ezekiel 13:17 plural לִבּוֺת Psalm 7:10; Proverbs 15:11 + 3 times Proverbs; suffix לִבֹּתָם Isaiah 44:18; לִבּוֺתָם Psalm 125:4. — inner part midst:
I. seldom of things, בְּלֶביָֿם in the midst of the sea Exodus 15:8; Proverbs 23:34; Proverbs 30:19; בְּלֵב יַמִּים Psalm 46:3; Ezekiel 27:4, 25, 26, 27; Ezekiel 28:2, 8 בלב האלה 2 Samuel 18:14; בְּלֵב אֹיְבֵי in the midst of the enemies of Psalm 45:2 (see BrMP on the passage; AV RV and others in the heart of).
II. elsewhere of men:
1. the inner man in contrast with outer לבי ובשׂרי ירננו my heart and my flesh cry out Psalm 84:3; || מעים Psalm 22:15; Jeremiah 4:19, the inner for outer מעים Jeremiah 49:22; as within the breast על לב Exodus 28:3, 29, 30 (twice in verse) (P); מלב 2 Kings 9:24; בלב Psalm 37:15; 2 Samuel 18:14; סְגוֺד לִבָּם Hosea 13:8; antithesis with בָּשָׂר Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 2:3; head Isaiah 1:5, face Ezekiel 14:3, 4, 7; arm Songs 8:6; hands Ezekiel 22:14; bones Psalm 102:5; eyes 1 Kings 9:3 (= 2 Chronicles 7:16) Jeremiah 22:17; ear Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:12; mouth Psalm 55:22; lips Isaiah 29:13; אֲנִי יְשֵׁינָה וְלִבִּי עֵר I slept but my heart waked Songs 5:2.
2. the inner man, indefinite, soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, with occasional emphasis of one or the other by means of certain verbs: בכל לב 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Psalm 9:2; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:58; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:145; Psalm 138:1; Proverbs 3:5; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 24:7; עם לב 2 Chronicles 24:4 (see לבב 2); כלב 2 Samuel 7:21 (= 1 Chronicles 17:19) Jeremiah 3:15; תַּעֲלֻמוֺת לֵב secrets of the heart Psalm 44:22; לֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר the heart of kings is unsearchable Proverbs 25:4; הַיֹּצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם Psalm 33:15 etc.
3. specific reference to mind:
†a. מִלֵּב of one's own mind Numbers 16:28; Numbers 24:13 (JE) 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; Ezekiel 13:2, 17; חֲסַר לֵב destitute of mind Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4, 16; Proverbs 10:13, 21; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 24:30; לִבּוֺ חָסֵר Ecclesiastes 10:3; אֵין לֵב Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 7:11; לב אין Proverbs 17:16; קנה לב get a mind Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 19:8; כֹּחַ לב power of mind Job 36:5; רֹחַב לב breadth of mind 1 Kings 5:9, גנב לב 2 Samuel 15:6; Genesis 31:20 (E? see לבב 3a).
b. knowledge, with † ידע Deuteronomy 29:3; Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 22:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:22, 25; Ecclesiastes 8:5, 16; Jeremiah 24:7; ראה Psalm 66:18; Ecclesiastes 1:16; חָכַם לב mind is wise Proverbs 23:15; † לֵב חָכָם wise mind 1 Kings 3:12; Proverbs 16:23; Ecclesiastes 8:5; † חֲכַם לֵב Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 36:1, 2, 8 (P) Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 16:21; † חַכְמֵי לֵב Exodus 28:3 (P) Job 37:24; חכמת לב Exodus 35:25, 35 (P); לב חכמים Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; לב כסילים Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:7; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; with חכמה Exodus 36:2 (P) 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 17:16; Ecclesiastes 2:3; † לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; with הבין Proverbs 8:5; תְּבוּנָה Proverbs 2:2; שָׂ֑כֶל Job 17:4 etc.
c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב Psalm 140:3; Proverbs 16:9; מחשׁבות Genesis 6:5 (J) Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 6:18; Proverbs 19:21 compare Genesis 8:21 (J); הגה muse, study Proverbs 15:28; Proverbs 24:2; Isaiah 33:18; Isaiah 59:13; הגיון Psalm 19:15; הָגוּת Psalm 49:4; שׂם לב set the mind, consider Isaiah 41:22; Ezekiel 44:5, with לְ 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 44:5; אֶל Exodus 9:21 (J) 1 Samuel 24:25 [1 Samuel 24:5 ?]; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; Job 34:14; עַל Job 1:8; שׁת לב Psalm 62:10; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 24:32, with לְ Exodus 7:23 (JE) 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 27:23; Jeremiah 31:21, אֶל Job 7:17.
d. memoryהשׁיב אל לב call to mind Isaiah 44:19; Lamentations 3:21; על לב Isaiah 46:8; † עלה על לב come into mind (occur to one) Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35 (compare Acts 7:23), so בא על לב 2 Chronicles 7:11; † שׂם על לב lay to heart Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 47:7; Isaiah 57:1, 11; Jeremiah 12:11; Malachi 2:2 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:8; אל לב 2 Samuel 13:33; 2 Samuel 19:20 כתב על לב Jeremiah 31:33; קשׁר על לב Proverbs 6:21; † לוּחַ לֵב tablet of the memory Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Jeremiah 17:1; נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind Psalm 31:13.
4. specific reference to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will; † הכין לב set the mind 2 Chronicles 12:14; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 78:8; Job 11:13; † נכון לב Psalm 57:8 (twice in verse) (= Psalm 108:2) Psalm 78:37; Psalm 112:7; † נתן לב לְ Ecclesiastes 1:13, 17; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Ecclesiastes 8:9, 16; † נתן אל לב Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 7:5 בלב Exodus 35:34 (P) Ezra 7:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11; † אֲשֶׁרנְֿשָׂאוֺ לִבּוֺ whose heart stirred him up Exodus 35:21; Exodus 36:2; compare Exodus 35:26 (all P); † נְדִיב לֵב willing of mind Exodus 35:5, 22 (P) 2 Chronicles 29:31 compare Exodus 25:2; Exodus 35:29 (P); † נטה לב אחריּ inclined to follow Judges 9:3; Psalm 119:112; † הטה לב 1 Kings 11:3; Psalm 119:36; Psalm 141:4 compare 2 Samuel 15:13: — גְּדֹלִים חִקְקֵילֵֿב great resolves of heart Judges 5:15 etc.
5. specific reference to conscience, וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ and David's heart (conscience) smote him 1 Samuel 24:6; מִכְשׁוֺל לֵב offence of conscience 1 Samuel 25:31.
6. specific reference to moral character, God tries the heart Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; sees the heart and reins Jeremiah 20:12, tries them Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20, refines them Psalm 26:2; searches the heart and tries the reins Jeremiah 17:10.
a. ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי Job 33:3; יִשְׁרֵי לֵב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11 (all with דָּוִד in title), Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; † לֵב שָׁלֵם 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:9; Isaiah 38:3 (all originally לבב, see לבב 6a); נִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב broken of heart Psalm 34:19; Isaiah 61:1; לֵבנִֿשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19; שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3; לֵב נִדְכָּאִים Isaiah 57:15; לֵב טָהוֺר clean heart Psalm 51:12; לֵב חָדָשׁ new heart Ezekiel 18:21; Ezekiel 36:26 (probably also Ezekiel 11:19 for אֶחָד see Co) etc.
b. לֵב רָע evil heart Proverbs 26:23; חַנְפֵילֵֿב godless in heart Job 36:13; עקּשׁ(י) לב perverse in heart Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:20; תַּרְמִת לִבָּם deceit of their heart Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; בלב ולב with a double heart Psalm 12:3 etc.
c. seat of pride Proverbs 21:4; Jeremiah 48:29; Jeremiah 49:16; Hosea 13:6; Obadiah 3 גְּבַהּלֵֿב Proverbs 16:5; גֹּבַהּ לב 2 Chronicles 32:26; גָּבַהּ לֵב 2 Chronicles 26:16; 32:25; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; Ezekiel 28:2, 17.
d. the heart is uncircumcised Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 44:9 and hardened: חזּק לב Exodus 4:21; Exodus 10:20, 27 (E), Exodus 9:12; Exodus 11:10; Exodus 14:4, 8, 17 (P), Joshua 11:20 (D2 ?); יֶחֱזַק לֵב Exodus 7:13, 22; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 9:35 (P); חִזְקֵילֵֿב Ezekiel 2:4; הקשׁה לב Exodus 7:3 (P) Proverbs 28:14; קְשֵׁילֵֿב Ezekiel 3:7; הכביד לב Exodus 8:11; Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:1 (J); כָּבֵד לב Exodus 7:14; Exodus 9:7 (J); כּכּד לב 1 Samuel 6:6; הַשְׁמֵן לֵבהָֿעָם הַזֶה make the heart of this people fat Isaiah 6:10 (?); שְׁרִ(י)רוּת לֵב Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 81:13 after Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 23:17; לב האבן the heart of stone Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26 etc.
7. for the man himself, אמר בלב Genesis 17:17 (P), Genesis 27:41 (JE), 1 Kings 12:26; Esther 6:6; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1 (= Psalm 53:2) Psalm 35:25; Psalm 74:8; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:17, 18; Isaiah 47:10; Obadiah 3; Zechariah 12:5; אֶללֿב Genesis 8:21 (J) 1 Samuel 27:1; דבּר בלב Ecclesiastes 2:15; אֶללֿב Genesis 24:45 (J); עַל לב 1 Samuel 1:13 (?); עִם לב Ecclesiastes 1:16; לִבִּי בְּקֶרֶב לָרָשָׁע נְאֻם־פֶּשַׁע Psalm 36:2.
8. as seat of appetites, סְעַד לב stay the heart (with bread) Genesis 18:5 (J) Judges 19:5.
9. as seat of the emotions and passions:
b. of trouble 2 Kings 6:11; Isaiah 65:14, sorrow Nehemiah 2:2; Proverbs 14:3, pain Psalm 55:5. vexation Ecclesiastes 11:10, trembling Deuteronomy 28:65 (?) 1 Samuel 28:3, faintness Lamentations 5:17; it is wounded Psalm 109:22 dies within one out of fear 1 Samuel 25:37 etc.; לב נמס the heart melteth (in fear) 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 22:15; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11.
† 10. seat of courage: יַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ let thine heart take courage Psalm 27:14; אַמִּיץ לִבּוֺ Amos 2:16; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout-hearted Psalm 76:6; Isaiah 46:12; לִבּוֺ יָצוּק כְּמוֺאֶֿבֶן his heart as firm as a stone Job 41:16; לִבוֺ כְּלֵב הָאַרְיֵה his heart as the heart of the lion 2 Samuel 17:10.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3821.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 6:5; 8:2; 8:5; 8:21; 8:21; 8:21; 17:17; 18:5; 24:45; 24:45; 27:41; 31:20; 34:3; 42:28; 50:21

Exodus

4:14; 4:21; 7:3; 7:13; 7:14; 7:22; 7:23; 8:11; 8:15; 8:28; 9:7; 9:12; 9:14; 9:21; 9:34; 9:35; 10:1; 10:20; 10:27; 11:10; 14:4; 14:8; 14:17; 15:8; 15:8; 25:2; 28:3; 28:3; 28:29; 28:30; 31:6; 35:5; 35:10; 35:21; 35:22; 35:25; 35:26; 35:26; 35:29; 35:34; 35:35; 36:1; 36:2; 36:2; 36:2; 36:8

Numbers

16:28; 24:13

Deuteronomy

28:65; 29:3; 29:18

Joshua

11:20

Judges

5:15; 9:3; 16:25; 18:20; 19:3; 19:3; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 19:22

Ruth

2:13; 3:7

1 Samuel

1:13; 2:1; 4:20; 6:6; 9:20; 24:5; 24:6; 25:31; 25:36; 25:37; 27:1; 28:3

2 Samuel

7:21; 13:20; 13:28; 13:33; 15:6; 15:13; 17:10; 17:10; 18:3; 18:14; 18:14; 19:8; 19:20

1 Kings

3:12; 5:9; 8:23; 8:66; 9:3; 10:24; 11:3; 12:26; 12:33

2 Kings

6:11; 9:24

1 Chronicles

16:10; 17:19; 28:9; 29:9

2 Chronicles

6:14; 7:10; 7:11; 7:16; 9:23; 12:14; 21:7; 24:4; 26:16; 29:31; 30:22; 32:25; 32:26

Ezra

7:27

Nehemiah

2:2; 2:12; 6:8; 7:5

Esther

1:10; 5:9; 6:6

Job

1:8; 2:3; 7:17; 11:13; 17:4; 29:13; 33:3; 34:14; 36:5; 36:13; 37:24; 41:16

Psalms

4:8; 7:10; 7:10; 7:11; 9:2; 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 10:17; 11:2; 12:3; 13:6; 14:1; 16:9; 17:3; 19:9; 21:3; 22:15; 22:15; 26:2; 27:14; 28:7; 31:13; 32:11; 33:11; 33:15; 33:21; 34:19; 35:25; 36:2; 36:11; 37:4; 37:15; 44:22; 45:2; 46:3; 48:14; 49:4; 51:12; 51:19; 53:2; 55:5; 55:22; 57:8; 62:10; 66:18; 74:8; 76:6; 78:8; 78:37; 81:13; 84:3; 94:15; 97:11; 102:5; 105:3; 108:2; 109:22; 112:7; 119:2; 119:10; 119:34; 119:36; 119:58; 119:69; 119:111; 119:112; 119:145; 125:4; 131:1; 138:1; 140:3; 141:4; 147:3

Proverbs

2:2; 2:10; 3:3; 3:5; 6:18; 6:21; 6:32; 7:3; 7:7; 8:5; 9:4; 9:16; 10:8; 10:13; 10:21; 11:12; 11:20; 11:29; 12:11; 12:23; 12:25; 14:3; 14:10; 14:30; 14:33; 15:7; 15:11; 15:13; 15:14; 15:15; 15:21; 15:28; 15:30; 15:32; 16:5; 16:9; 16:21; 16:23; 17:16; 17:16; 17:18; 17:20; 17:22; 18:12; 18:15; 19:8; 19:21; 21:4; 22:17; 22:17; 22:17; 23:12; 23:15; 23:15; 23:34; 24:2; 24:30; 24:32; 25:4; 26:23; 27:9; 27:11; 27:23; 28:14; 30:19

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 1:16; 1:16; 1:17; 1:17; 2:1; 2:3; 2:3; 2:10; 2:15; 2:15; 3:11; 3:17; 3:18; 5:19; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:4; 7:21; 7:22; 7:25; 8:5; 8:5; 8:9; 8:16; 8:16; 9:1; 9:7; 10:2; 10:2; 10:3; 11:9; 11:10

Song of Songs

3:11; 5:2; 8:6

Isaiah

1:5; 6:10; 24:7; 29:13; 33:18; 38:3; 40:2; 41:22; 41:22; 42:25; 44:18; 44:19; 46:8; 46:12; 47:7; 47:7; 47:10; 57:1; 57:11; 57:15; 59:13; 61:1; 65:14; 65:14; 65:17; 66:14

Jeremiah

3:10; 3:15; 3:16; 3:17; 4:19; 5:21; 7:24; 7:31; 9:13; 9:25; 11:8; 11:20; 12:3; 12:11; 13:10; 14:14; 16:12; 17:1; 17:10; 18:12; 19:5; 20:12; 22:17; 23:17; 23:26; 24:7; 24:7; 31:21; 31:33; 32:35; 48:29; 49:16; 49:22

Lamentations

3:21; 5:15; 5:17

Ezekiel

2:4; 3:7; 11:19; 11:19; 13:2; 13:17; 13:17; 14:3; 14:4; 14:7; 18:21; 21:12; 22:14; 27:4; 27:25; 27:26; 27:27; 28:2; 28:2; 28:8; 28:17; 36:26; 36:26; 40:4; 44:5; 44:5; 44:7; 44:9

Daniel

1:8

Hosea

2:16; 7:11; 13:6; 13:8

Amos

2:16

Obadiah

1:3; 1:3

Nahum

2:11

Zephaniah

3:14

Zechariah

10:7; 10:7; 12:5

Malachi

2:2

Acts

7:23

H3820

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3820 matches the Hebrew לֵב (lēḇ),
which occurs 58 times in 51 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Jer 3:10–Jer 49:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - “‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:16 - And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - “In that day, declares the LORD, courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - Your ways and your deeds
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and it is bitter;
it has reached your very heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:21 - “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes, but see not,
who have ears, but hear not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;
they have turned aside and gone away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24 - But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:18 - My joy is gone; grief is upon me;[fn]
my heart is sick within me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:8 - Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But you, O LORD, know me;
you see me, and test my heart toward you.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - They have made it a desolation;
desolate, it mourns to me.
The whole land is made desolate,
but no man lays it to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:10 - This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - And the LORD said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:1 - “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - Thus says the LORD:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,[fn]
whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - “I the LORD search the heart
and test the mind,[fn]
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - “But they say, ‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind—
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,[fn]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:9 - Concerning the prophets:
My heart is broken within me;
all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the LORD
and because of his holy words.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:17 - They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, ‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:20 - The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished
the intents of his heart.
In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:7 - I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - Their prince shall be one of themselves;
their ruler shall come out from their midst;
I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24 - The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished
the intentions of his mind.
In the latter days you will understand this.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 - “Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:39 - I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41 - I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:21 - “As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your officials, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them? Did it not come into his mind?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 - Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[fn]
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.”

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