Heart in Hebrew – לֵ֣ב – Indicated as such by brackets
2:1-5
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
2:9-15
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
3:1-6
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
for length of days and years of life
and peace they will add to you.
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
So you will find favor and good success
in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
4:3-4
When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
4:23
Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
5:8-12
Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
and at the end of your life you groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
and you say, “How I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!
6:12-21
A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points with his finger,
with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
6:32
He who commits adultery lacks [sense];
he who does it destroys himself.
7:1-3
My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
7:6-10
For at the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
and I have seen among the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man lacking [sense],
passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
And behold, the woman meets him,
dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
7:25-26
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
8:5
O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn [sense].
9:4
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks [sense] she says,
9:16
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks [sense] she says,
10:8
The wise of heart will receive commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
10:13
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of him who lacks [sense].
10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of [sense].
11:12
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks [sense],
but a man of understanding remains silent.
11:20
Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.
11:29
Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
12:8
A man is commended according to his good [sense],
but one of twisted mind is despised.
12:11
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks [sense].
12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy.
12:23
A prudent man conceals knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
12:25
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
but a good word makes him glad.
13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and the end of joy may be grief.
14:14
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,
and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
14:30
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,
but envy makes the bones rot.
14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding,
but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the hearts of fools.
15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
how much more the hearts of the children of man!
15:13-15
A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
15:21
Folly is a joy to him who lacks [sense],
but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
15:28
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and good news refreshes the bones.
15:32
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself,
but he who listens to reproof gains [intelligence].
16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
16:5
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.
16:9
The heart of man plans his way,
but the LORD establishes his steps.
16:21
The wise of heart is called discerning,
and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
16:23
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
17:16
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
17:18
One who lacks [sense] gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
17:20
A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion [uncovering his heart].
18:12
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.
- 18:14
A man’s spirit will endure sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?
18:15
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
19:3
When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin,
his heart rages against the LORD.
19:8
Whoever gets [sense] loves his own soul;
he who keeps understanding will discover good.
19:21
Many are the plans in the [mind] of a man,
but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
20:5
The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:9
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
I am clean from my sin”?
21:1
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;
he turns it wherever he will.
21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
22:11
He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
22:17-18
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,
and apply your heart to my knowledge,
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
23:6-7
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies,
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
23:12
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.
23:15
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
23:17
Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.
23:19
Hear, my son, and be wise,
and direct your heart in the way.
23:26
My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
23:31-34
Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
In the end it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter perverse things.
You will be like one who lies down in the [midst] of the sea,
like one who lies on the top of a mast.
24:1-2
Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them,
for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.
24:10-12
If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man according to his work?
24:17-18
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.
24:30-32
I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man lacking [sense],
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
Then I saw and considered it [set my heart];
I looked and received instruction.
25:3
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
25:20
Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda.
26:23-26
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27:9
Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
27:11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
27:19
As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
27:23-24
Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention [put your heart] to your herds,
for riches do not last forever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
28:14
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always,
but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
28:26
Whoever trusts in his own [mind] is a fool,
but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
30:18-19
Three things are too wonderful for me;
four I do not understand:
the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the [high] seas,
and the way of a man with a virgin.
31:11
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.