Heart, divine

The inner thoughts, feelings, will and desires of God, as they are revealed in Scripture and in Jesus Christ.

Aspects of the heart of God

His joy

Zephaniah 3:17 See also Deuteronomy 30:9; Psalm 147:11, Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 42:1; Jeremiah 9:24; Luke 3:22

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

His compassion

Hosea 11:8 See also Genesis 8:21; Exodus 33:19, Exodus 34:6–7; Psalm 78:38–39, Psalm 103:8–11, Psalm 106:44–45; Isaiah 54:10; Matthew 5:44–45; John 3:16; Romans 9:15; 2 Corinthians 1:3; James 5:11

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

His affection

Deuteronomy 7:7–8 See also 1 Kings 9:3 parallel 2 Chronicles 7:16; Psalm 148:14; Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 31:3, Jeremiah 32:41

The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

His intentions

Psalm 33:11 See also 1 Samuel 2:35; Job 10:13; Isaiah 63:4; Jeremiah 23:20, Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 30:24; Acts 13:22

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

His inner pain

Genesis 6:6 See also Isaiah 63:9–10; Hosea 11:8; Ephesians 4:30

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

The heart of Jesus Christ

His joy

John 15:11 See also Luke 10:21; John 17:13

I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

His compassion

Matthew 9:36 See also Matthew 14:14, Matthew 15:32, Matthew 20:34, Matthew 23:37; Luke 7:13, Luke 19:41; John 11:35–36

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

His affection

John 13:1 See also Matthew 11:28–29; Mark 10:21; John 21:20; Philippians 1:8

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

His inner pain

Mark 3:5 See also Luke 22:44; John 11:35–36, John 11:38, John 12:27

Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

God's people are to reflect God's heart

Colossians 3:10 See also 1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22; Jeremiah 3:15; Luke 6:27–36; Romans 8:29; 1 Corinthians 15:49; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 4:24; 1 John 3:2, 1 John 3:17

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.