Bible Verses about 'Our thoughts'
- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord. - As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon. - For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. - You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar. - For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
- When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy. - Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings. - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
- For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us. - And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors. - Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans. - May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands. - Give us today our daily bread.
- So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
- May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.
- Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens. - Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake. - He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him. - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
- Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted. - God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble. - Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand. - But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed. - Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. - To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. - For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God? - For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God? - Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the Lord. - You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. - Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. - The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
- The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever. - Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. - And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
- And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.
- Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
- But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. - The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
- It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
and only later to consider one’s vows. - He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you. - But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.