The Truth has absolutely nothing to do with our feelings.
Feelings do not dictate Truth.
I’m not saying we should ignore or suppress our feelings.
Rather, I am saying all feelings should first be held captive and submitted to God and His Word for processing through the lens of Truth.
VERSES ABOUT FEELINGS:
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Proverbs 28:26
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Proverbs 14:12-13
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
James 1:20
For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
VERSES ABOUT TRUTH:
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 John 1:8
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
Psalm 25:5
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 119:160
All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
Psalm 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
John 18:37
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
Ephesians 1:13-14
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
1 Corinthians 1:13-14
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.