Bible Verses about “common sense”
The Bible contains 21 verses about common sense across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”
“For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.”
“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”
“¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:”
“¶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.”
“¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.”
“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.”
“¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.”
“The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.”
“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
“¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.”
“If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].”
“¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”
“¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.”
“¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.”