44 Bible Verses about Emotions

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.

Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs,

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

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 gave up childish ways.

They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle."

or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law.

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.