Bible Verses About Negative Thinking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for negative thinking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,714 votes, led by Philippians 4:8-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Negative Thinking
Philippians 4:8-9439 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.
1 Peter 5:8400 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Luke 6:37323 votes
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Proverbs 3:5-6311 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5297 votes
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Isaiah 41:10280 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalms 94:19247 votes
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Isaiah 26:3243 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Proverbs 4:23211 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Hebrews 4:12200 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
James 3:14-15196 votes
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
1 John 1:9176 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 37:1-40167 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Romans 12:1-2141 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.
Psalms 23:1-6132 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Mark 11:23130 votes
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Revelation 21:4130 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
2 Timothy 1:7122 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Hebrews 11:6110 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
John 8:44108 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ephesians 6:17101 votes
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
2 Corinthians 10:5100 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;
Galatians 5:2197 votes
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 10:492 votes
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Philippians 2:568 votes
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
What does the Bible say about negative thinking?
Readers most often cite Philippians 4:8-9 on the subject of negative thinking. Across 6,714 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:8, Luke 6:37, Proverbs 3:5-6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.