Bible Verses About Common Sense
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for common sense, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 947 votes, led by Proverbs 3:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Common Sense
Proverbs 3:2187 votes
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 2:674 votes
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
1 Corinthians 15:3372 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
James 1:22-2568 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Proverbs 28:2664 votes
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 9:1258 votes
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 9:1057 votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 16:2251 votes
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 10:1347 votes
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 27:1235 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
1 John 5:2035 votes
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 Corinthians 6:1924 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?
Romans 2:1523 votes
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Proverbs 3:522 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 13:14-1621 votes
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
1 Corinthians 6:1821 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Psalms 32:919 votes
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Proverbs 23:4-518 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Luke 10:1618 votes
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
1 Corinthians 14:1-4017 votes
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 Corinthians 6:1516 votes
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Proverbs 15:3115 votes
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs 20:1515 votes
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
John 5:2413 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Philippians 4:1313 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
What does the Bible say about common sense?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:21 on the subject of common sense. Across 947 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 2:6, 1 Corinthians 15:33, James 1:22-25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.