our feelings
What does the Bible say about our feelings? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?
26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool. But whoever treads wisely, the same shall be saved.
20For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
12There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death. 13Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.
15The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes. But whoever is wise listens to counsels.
11A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
10Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
15Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
5even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.
18having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.
16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?