What Does the Bible Say About Understanding Other People?

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 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. ...

1 John 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 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.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 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.

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 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.

John 8:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 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.

Luke 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

Luke 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

Mark 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 145:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:67 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Psalm 111:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy;

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Genesis 4:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. ...

29 Bible Verses about Understanding Other People

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 145:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:67 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 111:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 145:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:67 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 111:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes