Bible Verses about the Mind
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. | Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. |
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 watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, 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 said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ |
Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. | He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. |
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. | For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. |
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. | A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. |
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. | Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. |
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding. | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets 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 him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of 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. | Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. |
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. | Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning. |
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 I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. |
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 the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse. |
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. | For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. | A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof 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. | And to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. |
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