49 Bible Verses about Positive Thinking

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God's grace together with me.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.'

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.

If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"

So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?"

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.