Bible Verses About Understanding Your Beliefs

“Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”

“Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.”

“The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.”

“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.”

“We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was its collapse!”

“Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”

“For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.”

“Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.”

“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.”

“Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”

“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.”

“I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

“Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.”

“For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace— as in all the churches of the saints.”