97 Bible Verses about Being Careful

Here are 97 Bible verses about being careful, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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1 John 4:1 KJV

¹ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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James 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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Colossians 2:8 KJV

⁸ Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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Ephesians 5:15-17 KJV

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, ¹⁶ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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Galatians 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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Revelation 13:8 KJV

⁸ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Proverbs 12:26 KJV

²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹² For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Philippians 4:3 KJV

³ And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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Galatians 6:1 KJV

¹ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Ephesians 5:15 KJV

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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1 Corinthians 15:34 KJV

³⁴ Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

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Colossians 3:23 KJV

²³ And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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Ephesians 5:2 KJV

² And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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Ephesians 3:20 KJV

²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹² Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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Deuteronomy 6:25 KJV

²⁵ And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

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Proverbs 4:26 KJV

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

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Philippians 4:8 KJV

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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Joshua 1:8 KJV

⁸ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Matthew 12:36 KJV

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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Exodus 15:26 KJV

²⁶ And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

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2 Timothy 4:2 KJV

² Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

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James 1:25 KJV

²⁵ But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV

¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

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Hebrews 3:12 KJV

¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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Joshua 22:5 KJV

⁵ But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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1 Timothy 4:2 KJV

² Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² 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.

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Ephesians 6:17 KJV

¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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Matthew 6:34 KJV

³⁴ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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John 3:18 KJV

¹⁸ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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1 Timothy 2:4 KJV

⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Luke 6:38 KJV

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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Acts 20:35 KJV

³⁵ I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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Galatians 6:7 KJV

⁷ Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Jeremiah 17:2 KJV

² Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

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Proverbs 13:3 KJV

³ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Matthew 6:1 KJV

¹ Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

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Ephesians 5:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, ¹⁶ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Ezekiel 36:27 KJV

²⁷ And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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Ezekiel 20:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; ²⁰ And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

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Proverbs 4:20-21 KJV

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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Leviticus 26:3-4 KJV

³ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; ⁴ Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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Jeremiah 17:7-8 KJV

⁷ Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. ⁸ For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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John 1:13 KJV

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Joshua 1:3 KJV

³ Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV

¹ And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ² But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³ And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …

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Acts 20:4 KJV

⁴ And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

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Hebrews 3:2 KJV

² Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

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Matthew 6:4 KJV

⁴ That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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Proverbs 12:18 KJV

¹⁸ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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1 Corinthians 10:12 KJV

¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

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Proverbs 18:21 KJV

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Proverbs 15:4 KJV

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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Hebrews 1:3 KJV

³ Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

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Matthew 25:46 KJV

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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John 10:10 KJV

¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Exodus 3:14 KJV

¹⁴ And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

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John 1:1 KJV

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Matthew 12:34 KJV

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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Proverbs 28:27 KJV

²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Proverbs 15:1 KJV

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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John 8:44 KJV

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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John 8:12 KJV

¹² Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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Luke 6:45 KJV

⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

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Proverbs 29:20 KJV

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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Psalm 19:14 KJV

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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Ephesians 5:16 KJV

¹⁶ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Job 31:1 KJV

¹ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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Job 31:3 KJV

³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

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Proverbs 14:16 KJV

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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Colossians 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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Proverbs 22:3 KJV

³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV

³³ Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹ For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ² That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³ In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV

⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Matthew 4:4 KJV

⁴ 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.

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Ephesians 5:8 KJV

⁸ For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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Colossians 4:2 KJV

² Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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