HEART
(See also Circulatory System; Heart Attacks; Heart Disease; Heart-Lung Machine; Motive)
(Note centered headings below: Figurative; Quotations)
ancient beliefs: w86 6/1 15
beats in a lifetime: g 5/10 29
beats per day: g 5/10 29; w96 1/15 10; w86 6/1 15
benefits of—
alcohol: g05 10/8 9
brushing teeth: g05 12/8 28
exercise: g96 2/8 29; g96 12/8 9; g94 2/22 28; g90 10/22 31
fish in diet: g91 3/22 29; g86 6/22 30
friendships: g05 11/22 28
siestas: g 9/08 29; g88 4/22 30
wine: g93 9/22 29
Bible usage: it-1 1057-1059
broken heart:
death from: g95 10/22 31
diagram: g 5/10 29
discussion: g 5/10 29; w86 6/1 15
effect of—
alcohol: g91 12/8 28
anger: g 8/11 29; g 5/06 28; g04 2/8 29; g04 12/8 28; g00 12/8 28; w96 12/15 32; g96 12/8 10; g94 9/22 28; w93 12/15 32; g93 7/8 32; w89 4/15 28
cholesterol: g97 6/22 8-10; g96 12/8 8-9; g87 3/8 29
cold weather: g99 5/22 28
depression: g 2/15 8
despair: g98 6/22 28
diet: g97 6/22 7-10; g96 12/8 9
high blood pressure: g96 12/8 9-10
hopelessness: g94 4/8 31
marriage: g03 10/8 28-29
mentality: g01 3/22 28
passive smoking: g04 8/8 29; g02 5/22 28
sedentary lifestyle: g96 12/8 9; g92 12/22 29
smoking: g96 12/8 10; g93 5/8 29; g89 7/8 9; g86 5/8 30; g86 7/22 12-13
stress: g98 3/22 3, 11; g98 5/22 28; g96 12/8 10
“jar at the spring” (Ec 12:6): it-2 1154; w99 11/15 17
pacemakers: g86 11/22 25
danger from theft-detection devices in stores: g93 9/8 28
pumping capacity: g 5/10 29; w96 1/15 10
surgery:
artery for bypass: g86 4/22 31
aspirin after bypass: g03 9/8 28
bypass without blood: g96 1/22 31
for children: g95 1/22 31; yb88 30; g88 7/8 29; g86 4/8 18-21
heart-lung machine: w89 3/1 30-31
report “Cardiac Operation for Congenital Heart Disease in Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses”: g86 4/8 21
transplant without blood: g94 5/22 7; w91 6/15 12
use of inserted video camera: g96 11/8 29
with blood transfusion: g 1/09 30
without blood transfusion: g 6/11 14-15; yb09 251; g00 3/22 23; rs 74
transposition of aorta and pulmonary artery: g86 4/8 18-20
Figurative
“acquiring heart” (Pr 15:32; 19:8): it-1 1059; it-2 706; w01 10/15 17-21; w99 7/1 19
adultery in: ijwbq article 59; it-1 642; jy 87; w01 10/15 24; gt chapter 35; w86 10/15 8-9
applying, to God’s Word: w01 10/15 19; w88 8/15 10-13
“arrangings of” (Pr 16:1): w07 5/15 17
“assure our hearts before him” (1Jo 3:19): w86 7/15 18
avoiding heart attack: w01 12/1 9-13
basis for judgment: w86 6/1 17
broken heart:
‘bind up brokenhearted’ (Isa 61:1): w10 6/1 22; w05 7/1 19-20
Jehovah “heals the brokenhearted” (Ps 147:3): w24.10 6-11; w17.07 18
video Jehovah Is Close to the Brokenhearted: mwb25.09 15
“calm heart” (Pr 14:30): g 8/11 29; g 5/06 28; w05 9/15 14; ba 25-26; w96 12/15 32
circumcision: it-1 470, 498; w13 3/15 9-12; w13 6/15 32; w07 3/15 9; w07 6/1 13; w98 2/1 16, 20
cleanness: w02 6/1 21-23
“complete” heart: w24.07 21; it-1 1058; w17.03 19; w15 7/1 14
serving Jehovah with: w24.07 21; w17.03 18-27; w12 4/15 13-17; km 7/89 1-2; w86 6/1 15-20
correcting: w97 5/15 21
cultivating a good heart: scl 56
discipline: it-2 706
discussion: scl 55-56; it-1 1057-1059; w12 4/15 13-17
divided heart: w24.07 21; w20.06 12-13; it-1 1058
“do not let your hearts be troubled” (Joh 14:1): w88 2/15 10-15
double heart: it-1 1058
drawing up what is in: w05 2/1 28-30
effect on understanding: be 228
examining one’s own: scl 55; w12 4/15 14-17; w05 2/1 30-31; w01 10/15 22-25; w86 6/1 20
‘eyes of the heart’ (Eph 1:18): it-1 790
following one’s heart: scl 30; w17.03 16
God’s law written on: jr 173-175, 178-180; w07 3/15 11; ws 113-114
“good condition of the heart” (Isa 65:14): w24.04 21-22
guarding, safeguarding: mwb25.03 3; scl 55; mwb23.03 7; w19.01 14-19; it-2 249-250, 992; w12 4/15 13-17; jr 43-53; w07 6/1 6; w05 9/1 30; w04 2/15 10-12; g03 3/22 11; w01 10/15 22-26; w00 5/15 20-24; w97 5/15 21; w90 4/15 21; w88 3/15 17; w88 6/15 16-17
allowing parents to help: w04 10/15 20-24
role of prayer: w12 4/15 17
hard heart: it-2 1041; w06 7/15 13; w98 7/15 12-13
haughtiness a quality of: it-1 1044
‘inclination bad from youth’ (Ge 8:21): w06 1/1 4-6
‘in laughter, may be in pain’ (Pr 14:13): w05 7/15 17-18
“insensibility of their hearts” (Eph 4:18): w93 3/1 12
“intentions of the heart” (Heb 4:12): w13 2/15 22-24
Jehovah examines: scl 56
Jehovah ‘gives heart to know him’ (Jer 24:7): w13 3/15 8-12
Jehovah “greater than our hearts” (1Jo 3:20): ijwbq article 175; w21.04 23-24; w08 4/1 9; w05 8/1 30; w00 5/1 28-31
Jehovah refines (Ps 26:2): w04 12/1 14
Jehovah’s ability to read: w06 7/1 15-16
loving motive: w08 10/15 3-4
“sees what the heart is” (1Sa 16:7): w10 3/1 23; w04 11/15 20; w99 6/15 22; w89 11/1 28
Jehovah’s heart: it-1 1059
kidneys linked with: it-2 150
loss of faith: w89 7/15 22-23
‘love intensely from the heart’ (1Pe 1:22): w20.03 24-29; w88 10/1 12
loving Jehovah with “whole heart” (Mt 22:37; Mr 12:30): w04 3/1 20
“lowly in heart” (Mt 11:29): w20.05 18; w12 11/15 13
meaning of term: w24.07 21; scl 55; w19.01 15; it-1 1057-1058; w17.03 19; w12 4/15 13-14; w10 3/15 30; w01 10/15 17-19; w96 1/15 10; w95 1/15 16; w86 6/1 16
“obedient heart” (1Ki 3:9): w07 6/15 27; w98 7/15 29-31
opening heart to Jehovah: mwb22.01 10; w19.01 18
opening heart to parents: mwb22.01 11
preparing one’s heart: w25.05 32; w02 7/1 20; be 13-14, 27-28, 115-116; w01 10/15 20-21; w00 3/1 29-31
preventing spiritual sickness: w12 4/15 16; w89 10/1 17
protection for heart: scl 55
Jehovah’s righteousness: w22.08 29-30; w21.03 27; it-2 811
purity of heart: w18.09 20-21; w10 3/15 30-32; w09 2/15 9; w04 11/1 12-13; w91 1/15 16
reaching the heart: th 22; w05 2/1 28-31; be 33-34, 48-49, 59-60, 166, 258-262; sg 73-78
Bible studies: mwb21.07 9; w20.01 3-5; km 10/15 2; w08 1/15 11-12; w05 2/1 28-31; be 258-262; km 6/01 8; km 12/93 1; km 10/90 1, 8
in field ministry: km 4/08 3
in the congregation: w94 8/1 19-20
nonreligious people: w19.07 20-24
one’s children: w16.09 29-30; w06 5/1 32; jd 132-133; w05 2/1 28-30; w05 4/1 14-16; w03 2/15 23-27; w99 7/1 18-19; w88 8/1 10-15
use of illustrations: w91 9/15 28-30
use of persuasion: w10 2/15 12-14; w07 7/15 9-10; w03 11/15 15-17; w98 5/15 21-23
relationship to—
mind: it-1 1057; w93 3/1 8; sg 74-75
spirit: it-2 1026; w07 5/15 18
repentance involves: it-2 772-773
“secret person of” (1Pe 3:4): w05 3/1 19-20; w01 10/15 18
source of sin: w96 8/1 12-13
‘speaking the truth in one’s heart’ (Ps 15:2): w24.06 10-11
steadfast heart: w23.07 18-19; w02 4/1 15-20
taking the truth to heart: w15 9/15 25-26
treacherousness of: it-1 1058; jr 43-45; w04 2/15 10-11; w01 8/1 9-10; w01 10/15 25; w90 12/1 16-17; w86 6/1 17
understanding clarified (1988): it-1 1057-1058
“unify my heart” (Ps 86:11): w20.06 11-13; w95 3/15 12-13; w92 12/15 14-16
video Persuade Your Heart Before Jehovah: mwb23.05 3
“want of heart”: it-1 1058-1059; it-2 701; nwt 1723-1724; w01 5/15 28-29; w00 9/15 28; w99 7/1 18-19; w97 3/15 12
what Jehovah looks for: cl 242-246; tp 91-92
“where your treasure is” (Mt 6:21; Lu 12:34): w17.06 9-13
whole heart:
worship with: jd 62-65
“wicked heart” (Heb 3:12): ijwbq article 101; w98 7/15 9, 13-14
wisdom linked with: it-2 1194
‘wise heart’ (1Ki 3:12): w12 7/15 15-16
Quotations
more efficient than any machine devised by man: g95 10/22 7
teaching that enters the ears but not the heart is like dinner eaten in a dream: g89 12/22 19