Bible Verses About Decision

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.