'Thoughts' in the Bible

The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.

and because all of his decrees remain in my thoughts, I have not turned aside from his statutes,

LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep your purposes and thoughts constantly in the hearts of your people and direct their hearts toward you,

Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone.

"Therefore my anxious thoughts cause me to answer because I'm agitated within me.

"Look! I know your thoughts, your plans are going to harm me.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.

Like a dead man, I am forgotten in their thoughts like broken pottery.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves.

Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts,

How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable.

The LORD knows the thoughts of human beings that they are futile.

When my anxious inner thoughts become overwhelming, your comfort encourages me.

May my thoughts be pleasing to him; indeed, I will rejoice in the LORD!

How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!

Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

A wise person's thoughts control his words, and his speech promotes instruction.

It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

For the wise person thinks carefully when in mourning, but fools focus their thoughts on pleasure.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

Let the conclusion of all of these thoughts be heard: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is what it means to be human.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, So he'll have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he'll pardon abundantly.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.

"For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

"But as for me, I know their actions and their thoughts. Come and gather all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.

You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering.

"While you were in bed, the dream and the visions that came to your head were as follows: Your majesty, when you were in bed, thoughts came to your mind about what would happen in the future, and the Revealer of Secrets has made known to you what will take place.

As for me, this secret was made known to me, not because my own wisdom is greater than anyone else alive, but in order that the meaning may be made known to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.

I had a dream that made me afraid. The thoughts that went through my mind while in bed and the visions in my head terrified me.

Then Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was greatly troubled for a while and was terrified by his thoughts. The king said, "Belteshazzar, don't let the dream or its meaning terrify you."

Hearing the voices of the king and his officials, the queen entered the banquet hall. "Your majesty, live forever," the queen said. "Don't be frightened by your thoughts or allow your facial expression to show it.

"At this point the vision ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts continued to alarm me, and I lost my natural color, but I kept quiet about the matter."

But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, and they don't understand his tactics, for he will gather them like harvested grain to his threshing floor.

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan, because you're not thinking God's thoughts, but human thoughts!"

Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too, so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed."

But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people.

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."

Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.