Bible Verses About Sinful Thoughts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sinful thoughts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,536 votes, led by Matthew 5:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sinful Thoughts
Matthew 5:28271 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.
Mark 7:20-23262 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Romans 12:2171 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.
Galatians 5:19-21135 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 15:19-20103 votes
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Philippians 4:897 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 Corinthians 6:1894 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Isaiah 26:390 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
James 1:14-1586 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2077 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?
1 Thessalonians 4:3-577 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Romans 13:1-766 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.
Proverbs 4:2360 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4060 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Hebrews 13:458 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
2 Corinthians 10:555 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;
Psalms 23:1-654 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 John 3:454 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Job 31:152 votes
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Isaiah 55:752 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.
Romans 13:1452 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1052 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Corinthians 10:1346 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.
Galatians 5:1-2643 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Genesis 1:2739 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
What does the Bible say about sinful thoughts?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:28 on the subject of sinful thoughts. Across 3,536 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 7:20-23, Romans 12:2, Galatians 5:19-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.