What Does the Bible Say About Right Thinking?

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 57 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.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 53 helpful votes

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.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 27 helpful votes

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

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 18 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.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV / 16 helpful votes

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 14 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. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Romans 8:26-28 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:33-37 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 15:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.

Romans 2:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 13 helpful votes

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:1-4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Ephesians 4:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Romans 8:5-7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 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.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 11 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 4:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

John 16:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Colossians 3:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 10 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.

Romans 8:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

John 14:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 10:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 10:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 10 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 3:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Psalm 101:1-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. ...

Philippians 4:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Romans 3:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 7 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.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 6 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.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

John 3:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.

62 Bible Verses about Right Thinking

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 53 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:26-28 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:45 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:33-37 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:1-4 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:5-7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:37 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 101:1-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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