31 Bible Verses about Thinking Aright
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Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.
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].
Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.
Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.
Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for [death is] the end of every person, and the living should take [it] to his heart.
But now, please {consider} from this day forward, before one stone was placed on another in the temple of Yahweh,
'{Please consider} from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], from the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, {consider}:
"Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy [them] but to fulfill [them].
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
And [when] the first came, they thought that they would receive more, and they also received a denarius apiece.
He said, "Yes." And [when he] came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or taxes--from their own sons, or from foreigners?"
What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?
"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'
Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."
Or do you think that I cannot call upon my Father, and he would put at my disposal at once more than twelve legions of angels?
Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
And he answered [and] said to them, "Do you think that these Galileans were sinners worse than all the Galileans, because they suffered these [things]?
I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to the one who considers something to be unclean; to that person [it is] unclean.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.
{Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.
but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
Therefore as many as [are] perfect, {let us hold this opinion}, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding in all [these things].
Therefore, [because] Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
