What Does the Bible Say About Perceptions?

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ...

James 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Rejoice always,

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. ...

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, ...

Acts 9:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ...

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

John 14:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, ...

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ...

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Genesis 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

21 Bible Verses about Perceptions

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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21 Bible Verses about Perceptions

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 9:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 3:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:1-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes