Bible Verses About Understanding Your Beliefs
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for understanding your beliefs, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,997 votes, led by Proverbs 4:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Understanding Your Beliefs
Proverbs 4:7161 votes
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Romans 12:2140 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.
1 Peter 3:15137 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
James 1:5128 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
2 Timothy 2:15127 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Colossians 2:8123 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:21117 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Acts 17:11114 votes
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Ephesians 4:14107 votes
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Proverbs 14:1596 votes
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Hebrews 11:190 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Proverbs 18:1573 votes
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
2 Corinthians 10:564 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;
1 John 4:154 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Matthew 22:3748 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Proverbs 3:5-647 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
John 8:3236 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Matthew 7:24-2728 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Proverbs 2:624 votes
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
2 Corinthians 13:524 votes
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Romans 10:1723 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2 Timothy 1:1223 votes
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Colossians 2:2-322 votes
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
2 Timothy 1:1322 votes
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:14-1521 votes
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
What does the Bible say about understanding your beliefs?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 4:7 on the subject of understanding your beliefs. Across 1,997 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 3:15, James 1:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.