What Does the Bible Say About Awareness? With Key Scriptures

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Lord’s Library editors answer the question “What does the Bible say about awareness?” with specific Bible references.

Have you ever asked yourself the question “What does the Bible say about awareness?” If you have, you’re definitely not alone! And since the Bible helps Christians form a foundational understanding of important topics, it’s imperative that one know how Scripture describes awareness in different contexts.

The Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines aware as “Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, apprised; expecting an event from information, or probability; as, the general was aware of the enemy’s designs.”

Lord’s Library editors thought it would be a helpful exercise to provide Biblical context. As a result, we compiled this short resource which captures all notable mentions of the word awareness, as well as its other forms. If you’ve been wondering what the King James Bible says about awareness, scroll on for additional detail.

Note: If you want to know what the Bible says about awareness and 206 other important topics (to be exact), our editors recommend Spencer Smith’s Doctrine Matters: Bible Topic Guidebook.

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What Does the Bible Say About Awareness?


1 Timothy 4:16

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”

2 Corinthians 13:5

“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

Psalms 26:2

“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.”

Proverbs 21:2

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.”

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”


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