100 Bible Verses about Positive Thinking

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 1,640 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 1,508 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1,154 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 1,006 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 927 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.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 871 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 797 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 769 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Romans 12:2 ESV / 763 helpful votes

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.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 573 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 542 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

John 14:27 ESV / 492 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 474 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 406 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Matthew 12:33-37 ESV / 405 helpful votes

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Romans 12:12 ESV / 353 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 335 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

1 John 1:9 ESV / 275 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Mark 11:22-25 ESV / 268 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

1 Peter 3:9 ESV / 261 helpful votes

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 237 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.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 230 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Romans 8:28-31 ESV / 221 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 216 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 203 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 201 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 189 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Philippians 3:13-14 ESV / 188 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 187 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Romans 10:13 ESV / 186 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Psalm 27:13 ESV / 176 helpful votes

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!

Ephesians 4:23 ESV / 175 helpful votes

And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Proverbs 18:7 ESV / 171 helpful votes

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 164 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ESV / 155 helpful votes

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

John 3:16 ESV / 151 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.

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 145 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 145 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 140 helpful votes

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 ESV / 138 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit.

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 137 helpful votes

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 128 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Proverbs 24:10 ESV / 124 helpful votes

If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 112 helpful votes

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 111 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 108 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Proverbs 3:6 ESV / 105 helpful votes

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Philippians 4:6-13 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. ...

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 101 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Matthew 12:33 ESV / 95 helpful votes

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Rejoice always,

Proverbs 3:1-35 ESV / 89 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ...

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 84 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Psalm 34:7 ESV / 84 helpful votes

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 82 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Psalm 145:1-21 ESV / 81 helpful votes

A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. ...

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 79 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Matthew 16:24 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 74 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Philippians 2:14 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Jeremiah 17:10 ESV / 55 helpful votes

“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Psalm 27:1-14 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. ...

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Hebrews 11:13 ESV / 51 helpful votes

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 50 helpful votes

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Matthew 11:29 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 48 helpful votes

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

John 10:10 ESV / 48 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 48 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Revelation 11:15 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 47 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 47 helpful votes

“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Luke 12:7 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Colossians 3:15 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 1:2-3 ESV / 43 helpful votes

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 41 helpful votes

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

Luke 6:45 ESV / 37 helpful votes

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.

Colossians 3:1-2 ESV / 36 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 35 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 6:10-20 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...

John 1:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes

He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

Proverbs 11:27 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Philippians 2:2 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 31 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,

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 31 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,

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