Bible Verses about the Mind
| Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. | Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. |
| Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. | Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. |
| And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” | Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ |
| Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. | The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. |
| For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. | For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. |
| The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. | The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. |
| Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. | As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. |
| Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding. | Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. |
| Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. | Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. |
| Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. | Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
| Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. | Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. |
| For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. | For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. |
| For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. | For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. |
| For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. | For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. | A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. |
| And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. | To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. |
Bible verse of the day
Who is this King of glory?The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory! Selah