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Purple Heart

A purple heart.


  Key words: Heart, Purple, Purple-Heart  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is a heart, and what is it purpose?
  Answer: A heart is a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood from the veins to the lungs and into the arteries.
  Note: Some believe that the heart is also the center of emotions and feelings. - 136

Question: Where is the human heart located?
  Answer: The heart is located in the chest between the lungs. - 137

Question: What is a heart beat?
  Answer: A heart beat is the rhythmic contracting and relaxing of the heart muscle to pump blood. - 138


  External related links to the world ...  

American Heart Association
 American Heart Association

 Learn about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease.

americanheart.org - 466
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

 Heart and vascular diseases, lung diseases, blood diseases and resources.

nhlbi.nih.gov - 467


  Words of Wisdom  

And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.   Exodus 35:25 


Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.   Exodus 35:35 


And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work made he them.   Exodus 36:8 


And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.   Acts 16:14 




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