18 Bible Verses about Bad Thoughts

Finally, brothers, whatever [things] are true, whatever [things are] honorable, whatever [things are] right, whatever [things are] pure, whatever [things are] pleasing, whatever [things are] commendable, if [there is] any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these [things].

and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.

For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

For those who are [living] according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those [who are living] according to the Spirit [are intent on] the things of the Spirit.

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires. Then desire, [after it] has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, [when it] is brought to completion, gives birth to death.

Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires, be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.

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

Seek Yahweh and his strength; seek his face continually!