Controlling Your Thoughts

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

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

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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. — read the full passage →

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

casting 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;

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: — read the full passage →

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolishdoethnot so.

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth. — read the full passage →

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. — read the full passage →

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. — read the full passage →

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked. — read the full passage →

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. — read the full passage →

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? — read the full passage →

See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by. — read the full passage →

Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. — read the full passage →

Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. — read the full passage →

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →