55 Bible Verses about Thought

But God has revealed them to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who of men knows the things of man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? so indeed no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.

And Jesus seeing their thoughts said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

And He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, comes to desolation, and house falls upon house.

And Jesus seeing the dispute of their heart, taking a little child, He placed it by Himself,

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a quick discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ,

Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness?

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show forth out of beautiful conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal.

looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.

Which one of these three seems to you to have been the neighbor of him who fell among the thieves? And he said, The one having done mercy with him. And Jesus said to him, Go, thou, and do likewise.

communicating to necessities of the saints; pursuing hospitality.

if then I do not understand the power of the voice, I will be a barbarian to the one speaking, and the one speaking will be a barbarian to me. So also you, since you are zealots of spirits, seek that you may abound unto the edification of the church.

Honor widows who are truly widows.

Whosoever may have the sustenance of the world, and see his brother having need, and shut up his sympathies from him, how dwells the divine love of God in him?

that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;

Then what is it, brethren? When you may come together, each one has a psalm, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. If one speaks with a tongue, let it he by twos, or at most by threes, and separately; and let one interpret; but if there may be no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church; but let him speak to himself, and to God.read more.
But let two or three prophets speak, and let the others give audience; but if something may be revealed to another sitting down, let the first be silent. For you are all able to prophesy one by one, in order that all may learn, and all may be comforted. Truly the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets; for he is not a God of confusion, but of peace. So in all the churches of the saints,

and let us recognize one another in the provocation of divine love and good works:

Brethren, if indeed a man may be overtaken in some transgression, you who are spiritual, perfect such an one in the spirit of meekness; watching yourself, lest you may also be tempted.

And Peter said to him, Thy silver be unto destruction with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God.

because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart; who being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness.

For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.

For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:

Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he may fall.

Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

For I consider that I am not inferior to the chief of the apostles. If indeed rude in speech, but not in knowledge; but in every thing making manifest unto you in all things.

For if any one seems to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.

Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving:

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain ones of those who recommend themselves: but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, are not wise.

For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing, and their thoughts accusing or indeed excusing with one another,

When I was an infant, I talked like an infant, I thought like an infant, I reasoned like an infant: when I became a man, I put away the things of the infant.

Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If any has trusted to himself that he belongs to Christ, let him again consider this in reference to himself, that as he belongs to Christ, so do we also.

among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:

Brethren, I do not consider that I have yet received it;

And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ. Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ, and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed? For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.read more.
Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ. As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:

Or what king, going forth to engage in war with another king, will not first sitting down counsel if he is able with ten thousand to meet him who is coming against him, with twenty thousand?

and he said to them; Israelitish men, take heed to yourselves in reference to these men what you are about to do.