'Thoughts' in the Bible

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,When deep sleep falls on men,

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,Even because of my inward agitation.

“Behold, I know your thoughts,And the plans by which you would wrong me.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,And Your thoughts toward us;There is none to compare with You.If I would declare and speak of them,They would be too numerous to count.

All day long they distort my words;All their thoughts are against me for evil.

How great are Your works, O Lord!Your thoughts are very deep.

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,That they are a mere breath.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,Your consolations delight my soul.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!How vast is the sum of them!

Search me, O God, and know my heart;Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;In that very day his thoughts perish.

The thoughts of the righteous are just,But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Let the wicked forsake his wayAnd the unrighteous man his thoughts;And let him return to the Lord,And He will have compassion on him,And to our God,For He will abundantly pardon.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,So are My ways higher than your waysAnd My thoughts than your thoughts.

Their feet run to evil,And they hasten to shed innocent blood;Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

“For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem,That you may be saved.How long will your wicked thoughtsLodge within you?

Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.

‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,

As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

“Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to your adversaries!

Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.

The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.

“At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the windAnd declares to man what are His thoughts,He who makes dawn into darknessAnd treads on the high places of the earth,The Lord God of hosts is His name.

“But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,And they do not understand His purpose;For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

and a sword will pierce even your own soul—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

But He knew their thoughts and said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.

in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

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