What is biblical view on curiosity?

Old Post, anyways did anyone find anything about this subject?

This is what I could find:

Matthew 7:8King James Version (KJV) 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

I think that our curiosity should be based on searching for the truth, whatever subject it is that we are curious about. But does this curiosity deviates our ways? does this curiosity leads us astray?

Occultism assumes certain ideas as truths, and I think that we get lost by "assuming", were does the source of information comes from? Is the source reliable? For everything we truly need is in the Lord's words.

John 20 King James Version (KJV) 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

I'm a curious person and I've got lost in transition too many times because of that. I've got blinded by knowledge and felt like I'm better than other humans, because of this I've been humiliated by God and realized I'm not as great as knowledge made me think I was. It was the wrong knowledge that led me astray.

Matthew 6 King James Version (KJV) 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Let's say some guy found a mathematical formula that describes the movement of the planets. That formula can be replicated, there are too much variables involved to predict a precise position of one planet at a given time, we don't know all the variables but know most of them that we can predict with some exactitude. This formula is considered to be truth.

This information even though truthful and replicable, has nothing to do with the kind of truth we should be curious about right?

Well because some people found out how the movement of the planets work, the invisible string that ties them, they understand how it works,then they tend to discredit a creator even though there is an evident link with an intelligent design in all of the "formulas" they have "discovered".

Does this type of knowledge lead us astray? away from the path of the Lord?

Indeed, if we don't have the mind of the Christ we should not be adventuring away by ourselves, we should look first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, we should strive to become perfect as our Father in Heaven is.

Is curiosity a sin? Not according to the thinking minds of:

• Arnold Edinborough:

  "Curiosity is the very basis of education and, if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."

• Albert Einstein:

  "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.... Never lose a holy curiosity."

Christians are encouraged in sermon, song, and literature to "only believe". But which is better?

1. A mind closed by belief?
2. A mind opened by curiosity?

The only bit I can think of curiosity is with Uzzah. I think curiosity can be a good and a bad thing. Uzzah was carrying the Ark of the Covenant, he tripped over and he was warned not to look inside. Because of curiosity, he did look inside and God had to smite him down and he died. He was commanded not to look and he listened to his curiosity.

2 Samuel 6 (ESV)
5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs[c] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah[d] to this day.

It is just like hearing the Gospel for the first time. I hear different testimonies of people saying they were searching for Jesus and wanted to know who he was, until they found him or he allowed them to be seen (not his image). Because the Word does said "you will search me and find me".

So the conclusion: curiosity can be a good thing if you hear the Gospel and want to know who Jesus is. Or you're a Christian and want to keep researching what something in the bible or someone said.

curiosity can be a bad thing, if you were warned and commanded not to do this/that or that is wrong. You may have curiosity to find out what it is and essentially you will sin.

It also goes back to Garden of Eden, when Eve was deceived by the snake, she would think "why didn't God want us to eat the fruit but said we would die, why?" the reason for her curiosity is WHY same way Uzzah wondered Why should we not look inside the Ark? WHY? what's inside?

God Bless

God is the creator, and He creates with purpose. Curiosity is a feature of eternal design that God uses to compel mankind.

John 4:23,24 (NIV)
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Luke 6:45 (NIV)
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Curiosity, wonderment is contemplation or a consideration born from the heart of man.

Luke 12:34 (NIV)
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The human heart holds our personal economy (the things that matter most). When young lovers first encounter one another, curiosity naturally encourages discovery, discovery of a deeper love.

This is especially true in regard to God. God designed the human heart to esteem Him and naturally we should be curious about God and His will for our life.