Bible Verses About Divine Calling

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

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.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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.

That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.