Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:23-24
eternal life | holiness | righteousness
He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
Mark 7:20-23
sin | purification | temptation
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
Isaiah 55:8
God | planning | wisdom
Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
and your plans shall succeed.
Proverbs 16:3
trust | planning | blessing
Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
life | heart | protection
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.
Romans 12:2
blameless | obedience | life
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 anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4:8
truth | righteousness | praise
Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:1-2
seeking | understanding
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 21:2
righteousness | judgment | understanding
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Word of God | strength
Make the path of your feet level.
Let all of your ways be established.
Proverbs 4:26
life
For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:11
Spirit | Holy Spirit | understanding
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:10
community | family | transformation
There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12
righteousness | life | sin
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18
wisdom | world | selfishness
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13
grace | Jesus | Spirit
I made a covenant with my eyes;
how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Job 31:1
desires | self-control | covenant
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:7
speaking | prayer
Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts.
Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him,
to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Isaiah 55:7
righteousness | conversion | forgiveness
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:25
food | life | worrying
For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
Romans 12:3
grace | faith | mind
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
humility | worship | strength
Don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Luke 12:22b-23
worrying | food | life
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:5
life | body | Spirit