What Does the Bible Say About Understanding Others?

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Matthew 14:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. ...

Romans 8:18-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ...

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 13:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, ...

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

13 Bible Verses about Understanding Others

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 14:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:18-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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13 Bible Verses about Understanding Others

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Matthew 7:12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 14:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 10:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:18-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote