GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Heart
See also Born Again, Born of God; Broken Heart

A symbol of the mind and will of man and the figurative source of all emotions and feelings.

Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, Deut. 6: 5 (Deut. 6: 3-7; Matt. 22: 37; Luke 10: 27; D&C 59: 5). The Lord sought a man after his own heart, 1 Sam. 13: 14. Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart, 1 Sam. 16: 7. He that has clean hands and a pure heart will ascend to the hill of the Lord and be blessed, Ps. 24: 3-5 (2 Ne. 25: 16). As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he, Prov. 23: 7. Elijah will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, Mal. 4: 5-6 (Luke 1: 17; D&C 2: 2; 110: 14-15; 138: 47; JS-H 1: 39). Blessed are the pure in heart, Matt. 5: 8 (3 Ne. 12: 8). A man speaks from the good or evil in his heart, Luke 6: 45. Follow the Son with full purpose of heart, 2 Ne. 31: 13. Have you been spiritually born of God and experienced a mighty change in your heart? Alma 5: 14. Offer for a sacrifice unto the Lord a broken heart and a contrite spirit, 3 Ne. 9: 20 (3 Ne. 12: 19; Ether 4: 15; Moro. 6: 2). I will tell you in your mind and in your heart by the Holy Ghost, D&C 8: 2.