What Does the Bible Say About Naive?

Romans 16:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 27:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

1 Corinthians 14:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Proverbs 1:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Proverbs 21:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 8 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. ...

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Ephesians 5:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 19:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 7:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Colossians 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 22:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Proverbs 21:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

Proverbs 14:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 8:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Psalm 42:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

James 3:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

James 1:5-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Romans 16:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Romans 12:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...

John 16:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

John 8:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 6:43-45 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 29:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I will encamp against you all around, and will besiege you with towers and I will raise siegeworks against you.

Proverbs 14:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

Proverbs 9:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Proverbs 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

54 Bible Verses about Naive

Romans 16:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 19:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 7:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 8:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 42:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:16-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:5-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 16:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 16:17-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:43-45 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 29:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 9:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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