Bible Verses About Evil Thoughts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for evil thoughts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,782 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Evil Thoughts
1 Corinthians 10:13384 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.
Philippians 4:8353 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 12:21330 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
3 John 1:11323 votes
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Proverbs 15:26228 votes
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Matthew 5:28213 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Proverbs 24:17205 votes
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Matthew 15:19202 votes
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Romans 5:1-21186 votes
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
James 4:11171 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
1 Corinthians 6:18152 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
John 3:16148 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 4:32140 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 6:6124 votes
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Ecclesiastes 12:14123 votes
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Galatians 5:16122 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Proverbs 22:3115 votes
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Romans 12:2111 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.
John 13:34104 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Proverbs 4:23102 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
2 Corinthians 10:585 votes
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Romans 13:1-780 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Isaiah 55:776 votes
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
James 4:771 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Genesis 6:564 votes
And God 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.
What does the Bible say about evil thoughts?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of evil thoughts. Across 6,782 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 4:8, Romans 12:21, 3 John 1:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.