'Consider' in the Bible

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.”

Then the righteous [those who seek the will of God] will shine forth [radiating the new life] like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.

But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet."

“So when you see the abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

because they had not understood [the miracle of] the loaves [how it revealed the power and deity of Jesus]; but [in fact] their heart was hardened [being oblivious and indifferent to His amazing works].

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave, for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant will be cured.

And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

And you, do not consider what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’

Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him [that is, give up resentment and consider the offense recalled and annulled].”

“Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness,

Then he told them, "Fellow Israelis, consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.

And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,

I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.

Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”

But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.’

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

“I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that today I am going to make a defense before you about everything I am accused of by the Jews,

But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you—if you remain in His kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries.

You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ].

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

However, not all [believers] have this knowledge. But some, being accustomed [throughout their lives] to [thinking of] the idol until now [as real and living], still eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled (guilty, ashamed).

[Consider this:] Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

Consider the people of Israel; are those who eat the sacrifices not partners of the altar [united in their worship of the same God]? [Indeed they are.]

Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman to offer prayer to God [publicly] with her head uncovered?

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

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.

So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 4:6 : Gen 1:3 2 Corinthians 4:13 : Ps 116:10 end of crossrefs

For consider how much diligence this very thing—this grieving as God wills—has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Such a person should consider this: What we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.

Now I consider myself in no way inferior to the “super-apostles.”

I repeat: No one should consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool, so I too may boast a little.

Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

who, existing in the form of God,did not consider equality with Godas something to be used for His own advantage.

Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such [people] highly honored,

But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,

And do not consider [him] as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.

constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

So if you consider me a partner, accept him as you would me.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Remember your leaders [for it was they] who brought you the word of God; and consider the result of their conduct [the outcome of their godly lives], and imitate their faith [their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider of eternal salvation through Christ, and imitate their reliance on God with absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

I have written you this brief letter through Silvanus (I know him to be a faithful brother) to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Take your stand in it!

I consider it right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

And consider the patience of our Lord [His delay in judging and avenging wrongs] as salvation [that is, allowing time for more to be saved]; just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him [by God],

Here is the mind which has wisdom [and this is what it knows about the vision]. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits;