This is a dynamic list of Scriptures on critical thinking.
I use this as an easy source to cut and paste when I am building arguments.
Proverbs 14:15 – The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
2 Timothy 2:7 – Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
1 Thessalonians 5:21- But test everything; hold fast what is good.
1 John 4:1 – Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Proverbs 18:17 – The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Acts 17:11 – Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Isaiah 1:18 – “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Colossians 2:8 – See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Proverbs 25:1-28 – These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied. It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out..
2 Timothy 2:15-16 – Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,








