Bible Verses About Breaking Bad Habits
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for breaking bad habits, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,702 votes, led by Ephesians 4:22-24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Breaking Bad Habits
Ephesians 4:22-24551 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
1 Corinthians 10:13486 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Romans 12:1-2286 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Philippians 4:13273 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 28:13259 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
1 John 1:9252 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:15-17230 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
James 1:12225 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Ephesians 4:27204 votes
Neither give place to the devil.
Galatians 6:9182 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Corinthians 3:16148 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Colossians 3:5-17138 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1 Corinthians 15:33120 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Luke 6:46116 votes
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
James 5:16109 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Romans 12:2106 votes
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.
James 1:22-2590 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1 Peter 5:789 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Psalms 1:273 votes
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
1 Corinthians 6:1970 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Philippians 4:865 votes
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.
Romans 6:1-2364 votes
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Joshua 1:860 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
1 John 5:359 votes
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John 1:8-2:258 votes
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
What does the Bible say about breaking bad habits?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:22-24 on the subject of breaking bad habits. Across 5,702 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:13, Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 4:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.