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Bible Verses About Softening the Heart
Find Bible verses about softening the heart — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about softening the heart?
The Bible addresses softening the heart with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Ezekiel 11:19
“I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;”
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Luke 6:45
“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.”
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Deuteronomy 30:6
“Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.”
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Ezekiel 36:26
“I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.”
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Psalms 73:26
“My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
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Jeremiah 24:7
“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”
Proverbs 4:23
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.”
Matthew 12:34
“You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
Matthew 5:28
“but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
1 Kings 11:4
“For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.”
Ezekiel 28:6
“therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,”
Proverbs 23:26
“My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.”
Romans 10:10
“For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Ecclesiastes 7:4
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
Ecclesiastes 11:9
“Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God wil...”
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