What Does the Bible Say About Idle Mind?

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. ...

Isaiah 59:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

Romans 13:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Romans 8:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

34 Bible Verses about Idle Mind

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 20 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

James 1:1-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 13:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Idle Mind

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:1-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 23:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 59:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 20 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes

James 1:1-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 13:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote