What Does the Bible Say About Driving?

Job 12:12 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

2 Kings 9:20 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

John 7:24 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...

James 4:7 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

John 16:24 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 18 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 5:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 14 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Romans 12:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 10:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

John 4:24 ESV / 13 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Proverbs 4:25-27 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Psalm 97:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

1 Timothy 6:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Colossians 2:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

Mark 1:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

1 John 2:27 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Mark 13:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

John 20:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

John 14:6 ESV / 7 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.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Mark 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And have authority to cast out demons.

Mark 1:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Psalm 104:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Numbers 33:55 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

Genesis 15:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

1 Corinthians 8:9-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

Mark 3:1-35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ...

Matthew 21:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

Isaiah 62:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”

Proverbs 31:4-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Exodus 14:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 5 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 ...

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Genesis 1:1-2:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 15:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Proverbs 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Proverbs 31:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink,

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 16:21-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ...

49 Bible Verses about Driving

Job 12:12 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 9:20 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:7 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:24 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 5:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:24 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:25-27 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 97:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 6:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:27 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 13:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 20:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 33:55 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 15:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 8:9-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 3:1-35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 21:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 62:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:4-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 14:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1-2:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:21-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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