Cognitive Operation (1 of 2)

Knowledge of Cognition aims to transform the believer's manner of cognitive operation and strengthen their mentality for spiritual growth. This list of cognitive activities trains believers' to exercise control of their mind.

Casting Down

​Instruction

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 KJV - "3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."

Bethink

Implication

1 Kings 8:47 KJV - "Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;"

2 Chronicles 6:37 KJV - "Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;"

Cogitations

Testimonials

Daniel 7:28 KJV - "Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart."

Consider

Consider (Considereth/Considering)

Instruction

Deuteronomy 4:39 KJV - "Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else."

Deuteronomy 8:5 KJV - "Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee."

Deuteronomy 32:7 KJV - "Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee."

1 Samuel 12:24 KJV - "Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you."

Job 37:14 KJV - "Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God."

Psalm 45:10 KJV - "Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;"

Psalm 48:12-13 KJV - "12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following."

Proverbs 6:6 KJV - "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:"

Proverbs 23:1 KJV - "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:"

Ecclesiastes 7:13 KJV - "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?"

Ecclesiastes 7:14 KJV - "In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him."

Haggai 1:5, 7 KJV - "5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. … 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways."

Matthew 6:28-29 KJV - "28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

Luke 12:27 KJV - "Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

Luke 12:24 KJV - "Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?"

Galatians 6:1 KJV - "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."

2 Timothy 2:7 KJV - "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things."

Hebrews 3:1 KJV - "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;"

Hebrews 10:24 KJV - "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:"

Hebrews 12:3 KJV - "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."

Hebrews 13:7 KJV - "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation."

Imploration

Deuteronomy 32:29 KJV - "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!"

Wisdom

Proverbs 21:12 KJV - "The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness."

Proverbs 29:7 KJV - "The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it."

Proverbs 31:16 KJV - "She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard."

Implication

Psalm 41:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble."

Ezekiel 18:28 KJV - "Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die."

Affirmation

Psalm 119:95 KJV - "The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies."

Testimonials

Job 23:15 KJV - "Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him."

Psalm 8:3 KJV - "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;"

Proverbs 24:30-34 KJV - "30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man."

Romans 4:19 KJV - "And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:"

Prophetic

Psalm 37:10 KJV - "For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be."

Psalm 64:9 KJV - "And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing."

Isaiah 14:16 KJV - "They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;"

Isaiah 41:19-20 KJV - "19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it."

Isaiah 52:15 KJV - "So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider."

Jeremiah 23:20 KJV - "The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly."

Jeremiah 30:24 KJV - "The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it."

Discern

Discern (Discerned /Discerneth/Discerning)

Learn

Ezekiel 44:23 KJV — "And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean."

Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 8:5 KJV — "Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment."

1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV — "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."

1 Corinthians 12:7-11 KJV - "7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9  To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10  To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."

Hebrews 5:14 KJV — "But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."

Testimonials

2 Samuel 14:17 KJV — "Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee."

1 Kings 3:9-12 KJV - "9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee."

Proverbs 7:6-8 KJV - "6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,"

Prophetic

Malachi 3:16-18 KJV - "16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not."

Dividing

Instruction

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV — "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Examine

Examine (Examining/Examined)

Instruction

1 Corinthians 11:28 KJV — "But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup."

2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV — "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?"