100 Bible Verses about Thinking

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 1,545 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.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1,444 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.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 1,108 helpful votes

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

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 1,016 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 796 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 4:23 ESV / 752 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 693 helpful votes

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 648 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 646 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 558 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 557 helpful votes

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

2 Timothy 2:7 ESV / 532 helpful votes

Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Romans 8:5-6 ESV / 529 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 512 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.

Colossians 3:1-2 ESV / 506 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.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 506 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 12:3 ESV / 500 helpful votes

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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 497 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.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 496 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,

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 490 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 473 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.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 467 helpful votes

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

Job 31:1 ESV / 459 helpful votes

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 454 helpful votes

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Ephesians 4:23 ESV / 453 helpful votes

And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Psalm 104:34 ESV / 433 helpful votes

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 428 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.

John 14:27 ESV / 415 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.

Philippians 4:2 ESV / 413 helpful votes

I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 412 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 407 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 400 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.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 397 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.

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 395 helpful votes

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

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 383 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 371 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 363 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 361 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 349 helpful votes

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

Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 346 helpful votes

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 325 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 318 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 316 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 315 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Romans 8:6 ESV / 312 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 308 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.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 306 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 304 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 2:11 ESV / 298 helpful votes

For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 298 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.”

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 295 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.”

Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 294 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 7:25 ESV / 294 helpful votes

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 293 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Matthew 6:2 ESV / 287 helpful votes

“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Proverbs 21:2 ESV / 287 helpful votes

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 284 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Mark 7:21-22 ESV / 283 helpful votes

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

Matthew 12:33-37 ESV / 276 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.”

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 273 helpful votes

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 267 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 260 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 259 helpful votes

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 258 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 257 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Luke 12:22-23 ESV / 256 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 253 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Ephesians 4:22-32 ESV / 252 helpful votes

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ...

Colossians 3:2-5 ESV / 251 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Romans 1:28 ESV / 251 helpful votes

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 250 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.

Proverbs 16:2 ESV / 247 helpful votes

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Isaiah 11:3 ESV / 242 helpful votes

And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

Proverbs 4:3 ESV / 241 helpful votes

When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 240 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 235 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.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 235 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 233 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:16 ESV / 228 helpful votes

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 223 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 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 221 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 202 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 196 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:1-13:14 ESV / 196 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. ...

Romans 12:15 ESV / 186 helpful votes

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

John 14:6 ESV / 176 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.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 172 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 164 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 162 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 156 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. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 142 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Acts 18:28 ESV / 137 helpful votes

For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 134 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Romans 8:5 ESV / 132 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Romans 12:4 ESV / 131 helpful votes

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 130 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

John 10:28-29 ESV / 130 helpful votes

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 124 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.

Philippians 4:1 ESV / 123 helpful votes

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

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