35 Bible Verses about imagination

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

And the Lord said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'"

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, 'Things will go well for you!' They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, 'Nothing bad will happen to you!'

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

"Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem: "Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say.

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination,

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: 'Hear the word of the Lord!

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

I sent word back to him, "We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination."

I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.

"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,

"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.