Character of the Renewed Heart
50 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
- A Treasury of Good
- Awed by the Word of God
- Broken, Contrite
- Circumcised
- Clean
- Confident in God
- Desirous of God
- Enlarged
- Faithful to God
- Filled with the Fear of God
- Filled with the Law of God
- Fixed on God
- Honest and Good
- Inclined to Obedience
- Joyful in God
- Meditative
- Obedient
- Perfect with God
- Prayerful
- Prepared to Seek God
- Pure
- Single and Sincere
- Sympathising
- Tender
- Upright
- Void of Fear
- Wholly Devoted to God
- Wise
- Zealous
A Treasury of Good
- Matthew 12:35 The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
Awed by the Word of God
- Psalm 119:161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Broken, Contrite
- Psalm 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Circumcised
- Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Romans 2:29 No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
Clean
- Psalm 73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Confident in God
- Psalm 112:7 He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
Desirous of God
- Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Enlarged
- Psalm 119:32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
- 2 Corinthians 6:11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
Faithful to God
- Nehemiah 9:8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept …
Filled with the Fear of God
- Jeremiah 32:40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Filled with the Law of God
- Psalm 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Fixed on God
- Psalm 57:7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
- Psalm 112:7 He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
Honest and Good
- Luke 8:15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Inclined to Obedience
- Psalm 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
Joyful in God
- 1 Samuel 2:1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- Zechariah 10:7 Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
Meditative
- Psalm 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalm 77:6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
Obedient
- Psalm 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
Perfect with God
- 1 Kings 8:61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- Psalm 101:2 I will ponder the way that is blameless — when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Prayerful
- 1 Samuel 1:13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
- Psalm 27:8 My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
Prepared to Seek God
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- Psalm 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Pure
- Psalm 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Single and Sincere
- Acts 2:46 With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Sympathising
- Jeremiah 4:19 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.
- Lamentations 3:51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
Tender
- 1 Samuel 24:5 Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
- 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes …
Upright
- Psalm 97:11 Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Psalm 125:4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
Void of Fear
- Psalm 27:3 Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
Wholly Devoted to God
- Psalm 9:1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Psalm 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
- Psalm 119:145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
Wise
- Proverbs 10:8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
- Proverbs 23:15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
Zealous
- 2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
- Jeremiah 20:9 If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.