Bible Verses About Divine Will

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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:

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

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

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

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

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

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

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

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

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

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

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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,

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

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

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.