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.
“Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,”
“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.”
“Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”
“Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."”
“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”
“But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”
“for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”
“in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)”
“My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:”
“One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.”
“Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.”
“For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
“A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.”
“The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
“We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
“Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.”
“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.”
“The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.”
“Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.”
“Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.”