The word in Scripture

Mind in the Bible

The word mind appears 95 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The mind is the seat of understanding and intention, to be renewed toward God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What mind means in the Bible

The mind is the seat of understanding and intention, to be renewed toward God.

Where the word mind appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word mind appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”Psalms 31:12

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”Isaiah 65:17

“And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.”Luke 1:29

“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”Romans 8:7

“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.”Romans 12:2

“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”Ephesians 4:17

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”Philippians 2:3

“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