44 Bible Verses about Emotions
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Banish sorrow from your heart, and evil from your body, since both childhood and the prime of life are pointless.
If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
These are the people who cause divisions. They are worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
When that desire becomes pregnant, it gives birth to sin; and when that sin grows up, it gives birth to death.
We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.
God granted to Daniel grace and compassion on the part of the chief officer.
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.
Whoever trusts in himself is foolish, but whoever lives wisely will be kept safe.
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
And this is what demonstrates love: that we live according to God's commandments. Just as you have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you must live by it.
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.
Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! For you strike the jaw of all my enemies, and you break the teeth of the wicked.
For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.
Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned.
People, in every situation put your trust in God; pour out your heart before him; for God is a refuge for us. Interlude
Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time!
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.
Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.
Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.
Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in union with the Messiah Jesus.
"Shout aloud! Don't hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their rebellions, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them.
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.
That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.
But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
The anger of a fool becomes readily apparent, but the prudent person overlooks an insult.
Eliab his oldest brother heard him talking to the men. Eliab was angry with David and said, "Why did you come down here? And who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your insolence and wicked intentions. You came down just to see the battle!"
When a man becomes under the control of an attitude of jealousy regarding his wife, he is to present her to the Lord, and the priest is to apply this entire statute to her.
"How can I give up on you, Ephraim? I will deliver you, will I not, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? I can't make you like Zeboim, can I? My heart stirs within me; my compassion also fans into flame!
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.
Topics on Emotions
Controlling Emotions
Proverbs 16:32Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
Emotions, Kinds Of
Acts 2:37When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"
Emotions, Shown By God
Deuteronomy 7:7-8"It wasn't because you were more numerous than other people of the earth that the LORD committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.