56 Bible Verses about Thoughts

If I should count them, they would outnumber [the] sand. I awaken, and I [am] still with you.

For I know the plans that I [am] planning concerning you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

Commit your work to Yahweh, and your plans will be established.

Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

"For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, and your ways [are] not my ways," {declares} Yahweh.

Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done-- your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I [tried to] proclaim and tell [of them], they would be too numerous to count.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.

Yahweh knows [the] thoughts of humankind, that {they [are] to no purpose}.

Finally, brothers, whatever [things] are true, whatever [things are] honorable, whatever [things are] right, whatever [things are] pure, whatever [things are] pleasing, whatever [things are] commendable, if [there is] any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these [things].

How great are your deeds, O Yahweh; [how] very deep are your thoughts.

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}.

"For [as] [the] heavens are {higher} than [the] earth, so my ways are {higher} than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?,'

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer.

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

and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,

Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{And then} on that day, things will come up on your mind, and you will devise evil plans.

"Look, I know your thoughts and [the] schemes you devise against me.

These [things] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your eyes.

His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.

[things] which we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in [words] taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual [things] to spiritual [people].

Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?

be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me. Try my {innermost being} and my {mind}.

Yahweh of hosts has sworn, saying, "{Surely} just as I have intended, so it shall be. And just as I have planned, it shall stand:

Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.

I think about [the] days from long ago, [the] years of ancient times.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. {Each day has enough trouble of its own.}

But he turned around [and] said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a cause for stumbling to me, because you are not intent on the things of God, but the things of people!"

"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,

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 set aside the things of a child.