18 Bible Verses about Bad Thoughts

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

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

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire. Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit; And be made new in the spirit of your mind, And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.