35 Bible Verses about imagination

casting down reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ

And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and they begin to do this, and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do.

But as it is written, That which eye has not seen nor ear heard neither has entered into the heart of man is that which God has prepared for those that love him.

because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Being therefore of the lineage of God, we ought not to think that which is Divine is like unto gold or silver or stone, bearing the mark of art and man's imagination.

But they did not hearken, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels in the imagination of their evil heart and went backward, and not forward

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

And they said, This is useless, for we must walk after our own devices, and we must each one do the imagination of his evil heart.

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep for ever this purpose in the thoughts of the heart of thy people and prepare their heart unto thee.

So I gave them up unto the hardness of their heart, and they walked in their own counsels.

but have walked after the imagination of their own heart and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them,

a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,

The rich man's wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.

They say boldly unto those that stir me to anger, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto anyone that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Their eyes stand out with fatness; they easily obtain the desires of their heart.

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Resh Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Behold, I know your thoughts and the imaginations which ye devise against me.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee.

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

understanding this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart,

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy and say unto those that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD:

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou dost feign them out of thine own heart.

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

thus hath the Lord GOD said: Woe unto the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk each one after the imagination of his evil heart, not hearkening unto me:

For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the LORD.

And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.