Bible Verses About Simplicity

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.