'Things' in the Bible

And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,

So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;

Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,

Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.

who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.