100 Bible Verses About Introspection

And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: