100 Bible Verses About Decision Making

That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En–rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: