What Does the Bible Say About Letting Go Of Negative Thoughts?

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Luke 10:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

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.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake 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.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

31 Bible Verses about Letting Go Of Negative Thoughts

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 10:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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31 Bible Verses about Letting Go Of Negative Thoughts

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1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 10:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote