25 Bible Verses About Christian Simplicity (ESV)

8   He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and what does the LORD require of you
  but to do justice, and to love kindness,
    and to walk humbly with your God?

37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

6   The LORD preserves the simple;
    when I was brought low, he saved me.

2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

22   “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
  How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?

7   The law of the LORD is perfect,
    reviving the soul;
  the testimony of the LORD is sure,
    making wise the simple;

130   The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts understanding to the simple.

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

11   I have stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.