Bible Verses about “controlling your thoughts”

“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”

“envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”

“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.”

“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”

“Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,”

“idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,”

“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,”

“If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.”

“gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

“Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”

“for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.”

“Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."”

“If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.”

“Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.”

“each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”

“Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.”

“So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.”

“It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.”

“One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.”

“Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.”

“I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.”

“Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.”

“Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.”

“But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”

“For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"”

“For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.”

“for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

“So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.”

“One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.”

“He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.”

“Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.”

“But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.”

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

“Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in that which he approves.”

“but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.”

“Then don't let your good be slandered,”

“For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.”

“Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.”

“For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.”

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

“Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;”

“For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;”

“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,”

“throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;”

“because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.”

“Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.”

“Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?”