Bible Verses about “controlling your thoughts”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”

“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”

“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”

“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”

“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”

“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.”

“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.”

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”

“¶ Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.”

“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”

“[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.”

“For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.”

“Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.”

“I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.”

“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.”

“Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”

“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”

“For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

“For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.”

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

“Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.”

“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.”

“He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.”

“But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.”

“And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.”

“For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”

“Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.”

“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”

“Let not then your good be evil spoken of:”

“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.”

“For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.”

“For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.”

“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

“¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”

“For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.”

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”

“Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”

“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”

“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”