The following is simply a sample of what God thinks about various topics. To TRULY know God's mind -- to truly HAVE God's mind -- we must spend time each and every day with Him in prayer and in reading His Word.
God's Mind Regarding ANGER
Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
~ Ephesians 4:26
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
~ Proverbs 16:32
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
~ Proverbs 19:11
God's Mind Regarding ANSWERED PRAYER
Then ye shall call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
~ Jeremiah 29:12
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him, I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
~ Psalm 91:15
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
~ Psalm 34:15. 17
God's Mind Regarding BUSINESS
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
~ Proverbs 16:3
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
~ Colossians 4:1
If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures.
~ Job 36:11
God's Mind Regarding CHILDREN
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
~ Colossians 3:20
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
~ Exodus 20:12
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
~ Ephesians 6:1-3
God's Mind Regarding COMFORT
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
~ Psalm 46:1
This is my comfort in my affliction, for Thy word hath quickened me.
~ Psalm 119:50
Unless Thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
~ Psalm 119:92
God's Mind Regarding CONQUERING SIN
For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
~ Romans 6:14
Thy word I have hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.
~ Psalm 119:11
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
~ James 4:7
God's Mind Regarding DEPRESSION
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
~ Psalm 34:15, 17
He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds.
~ Psalm 147:3
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.
~ Revelation 21:4
God's Mind Regarding DISCOURAGEMENT
And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
~ Galatians 6:9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
~ 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me; Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me.
~ Psalm 138:7
God's Mind Regarding DIVORCE
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that He hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
~ Malachi 2:16
God's Mind Regarding ETERNAL LIFE
And this is the promise that He hath promised us-even eternal life.
~ 1 John 2:25
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
~ John 6:47
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
~ John 3:16
God's Mind Regarding FEAR
Fear 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.
~ Isaiah 41:10
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not nor be afraid of them; for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go with thee, He will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
~ Deuteronomy 31:6
So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
~ Hebrews 13:6
God's Mind Regarding FINANCES
But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
~ Philippians 4:19
Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'Wherewithall shall we be clothed?' For after all these things do the Gentiles seek, For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
~ Matthew 6:31-32
He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
~ Romans 8:32
Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.
~ Matthew 6:8
God's Mind Regarding FORGIVENESS
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
~ Matthew 6:14-15
Then Peter came to Him, and said, 'Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive Him? Til seven times?' Jesus saith unto him, 'I say not unto thee, until seven times; but til seventy times seven.'
~ Matthew 18:21-22
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake also hath forgiven you.
~ Ephesians 4:32
God's Mind Regarding FRUSTRATION
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
~ Isaiah 43:2
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
~ Psalm 37:7
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
~ Psalm 55:22
God's Mind Regarding GOVERNMENT
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates ; to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be not brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.
~ Titus 3:1-2
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
~ Proverbs 16:12
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upholden by mercy.
~ Proverbs 20:28
God's Mind Regarding GUIDANCE
Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
~ Psalm 73:24
In all thy ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
~ Proverbs 3:6
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He saveth them out of their distresses.
~ Psalm 107:19
God's Mind Regarding GUILT
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
~ 1 John 3:20
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins. Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.
~ Isaiah 44:22
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
~ Romans 8:1
God's Mind Regarding HUSBANDS
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
~ Colossians 3:19
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
~ 1 Corinthians 11:3
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord.
~ Proverbs 18:22
God's Mind Regarding ILLNESS
O Lord, My God, I cried unto Thee and Thou hast healed me.
~ Psalm 30:2
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for Thou art my praise.
~ Jeremiah 17:14
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
~ Psalm 41:3
God's Mind Regarding IMPATIENCE
The trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
~ James 1:3-4
I waited patiently for the Lord, and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
~ Psalm 40:1
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
~ Luke 8:15
God's Mind Regarding KNOWING HIS WILL
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with Mine eye.
~ Psalm 32:8
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
~ Proverbs 16:3
My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from Him.
~ Psalm 62:5
God's Mind Regarding LONELINESS
And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
~ Psalm 9:9-10
I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.
~ John 14:18
Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you.
~ 1 Peter 5:7
God's Mind Regarding LOVING OTHERS
And the second, is like, namely this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
~ Mark 12:30-31
By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.
~ John 13:35
But to do good and to communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
~ Hebrews 13:16
God's Mind Regarding MARRIAGE
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.
~ 1 Peter 1:22
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
~ Ephesians 4:32
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
~ Proverbs 10:12
And the LORD God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.'
~ Genesis 2:18
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
~ Matthew 19:6
God's Mind Regarding MATURITY
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
~ 2 Peter 3:18
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do His commandments. His praise endureth forever.
~ Psalm 111:10
With Him is wisdom and strength, He hath counsel and understanding.
~ Job 12:13
God's Mind Regarding NEED
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
~ Psalm 23:1
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
~ Psalm 107:9
But He answered and said: 'It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'
~ Matthew 4:4
God's Mind Regarding OBEDIENCE
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
~ Deuteronomy 5:29
Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart!
~ Psalm 119:2
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
~ John 13:17
God's Mind Regarding OLD AGE
And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
~ Isaiah 46:4
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
~ Proverbs 16:31
The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their grey head.
~ Proverbs 20:29
God's Mind Regarding PARENTING
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
~ Proverbs 22:6
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
~ Psalm 115:14
Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
~ Psalm 127:3
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
~ Joshua 24:15
God's Mind Regarding PEACE
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee.
~ Isaiah 26:3
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
~ Psalm 119:165
Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us, for Thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
~ Isaiah 26:12
God's Mind Regarding PERSERVERANCE
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
~ 2 Timothy 1:7
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
~ Psalm 31:24
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for He is faithful that promised. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.
~ Hebrews 10:23-24
God's Mind Regarding PRAISE
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
~ Psalm 34:1
Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.
~ Psalm 63:3
O Lord, Thou art my God, I will exalt You. I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
~ Isaiah 25:1
God's Mind Regarding PRAYER
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
~ Jeremiah 33:3
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.
~ Psalm 55:17
Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
~ 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
God's Mind Regarding Promises
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world.
~ 2 Peter 1:4
God's Mind Regarding READING THE WORD
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
~ Psalm 119:11
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
~ Romans 10:17
God's Mind Regarding REBELLION
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
~ Proverbs 12:21
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
~ Ephesians 5:8
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
~ 2 Corinthians 10:4
God's Mind Regarding REPENTANCE
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
~ Romans 2:4
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
~ James 4:8
Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
~ Matthew 3:2
God's Mind Regarding RESURRECTION
Jesus said unto her: 'I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me though he were dead, yet shall he live.'
~ John 11:25
Knowing that He which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
~ 2 Corinthians 4:14
Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
~ Philippians 3:21
God's Mind Regarding RIGHTEOUSNESS
For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
~ 2 Corinthians 5:21
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
~ Matthew 6:33
And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness.
~ Genesis 15:6
God's Mind Regarding SADNESS
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
~ Matthew 5:4
Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in Me.
~ John 14:1
But as it is written: 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.'
~ 1 Corinthians 2:9
God's Mind Regarding SALVATION
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
~ Romans 3:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
~ John 3:3
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
~ Romans 6:23
God's Mind Regarding SATAN
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
~ James 4:7
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
~ 1 John 4:4
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and loved not their lives unto the death.
~ Revelation 12:11
God's Mind Regarding SECURITY
So we may boldly say: 'The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'
~ Hebrews 13:6
If God be for us, who can be against us?
~ Romans 8:31
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
~ Psalm 94:18
God's Mind Regarding SOCIAL CONDUCT
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
~ Matthew 5:16
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
~ Romans 12:15
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.
~ John 13:34-35
God's Mind Regarding SORROW
O Death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
~ 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Jesus said unto her, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.'
~ John 11:25
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
~ Psalm 23:4
God's Mind Regarding STEWARDSHIP
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
~ 2 Corinthians 9:7
Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase; So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
~ Proverbs 3:9-10
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
~ Matthew 10:42
God's Mind Regarding STORMS OF LIFE
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear.
~ Psalm 46:1-2
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
~ Psalm 9:9
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me; Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me.
~ Psalm 138:7
God's Mind Regarding STRENGTH
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles.
~ Isaiah 40:31
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
~ Deuteronomy 33:27
My soul melteth for heaviness; strengthen Thou me according unto Thy word.
~ Psalm 119:28
God's Mind Regarding SUFFERING
Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.
~ James 5:13
These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world, ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
~ John 16:33
The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
~ Psalm 145:14
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations, knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
~ James 1:2-3
God's Mind Regarding TEMPTATION
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.
~ 1 Corinthians 10:13
For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted.
~ Hebrews 2:18
Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us.
~ Romans 8:37
For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
~ Hebrews 4:15
God's Mind Regarding UNSAVED LOVED ONES
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
~ Matthew 18:14
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
~ 2 Peter 3:9
And they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'
~ Acts 16:31
God's Mind Regarding WITNESSING
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
~ Matthew 28:18-20
And He said to them, 'Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.'
~ Mark 16:15
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all the nations, and then shall the end come.
~ Matthew 24:14
God's Mind Regarding WIVES
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
~ Proverbs 12:4
Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
~ Proverbs 19:14
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.
~ Proverbs 31:10