Context matters, right? So when we come across the word “heart” in the Bible, we want to consider how it’s being used so we can understand its meaning. Let’s take a look at a few places in the Bible that mention the heart.
Read Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 23:26 and Matthew 6:21.
Beyond being a muscular organ inside our chest, it’s more commonly used in the Bible as a metaphor for the place within us that’s home to our deepest commitments, our greatest loves and hopes, the things that capture our imagination and more.