100 Bible Verses About Discerning God's Will
Bible verses about Discerning God's Will
The quest for the divine design for one's life finds its most certain light in the inspired text. Scripture serves not merely as doctrine, but as the voice of the Shepherd, patiently guiding the flock. Within its sacred verses lie the principles, commands, and narratives that reveal the very character and intentions of God. To immerse oneself in this holy wisdom is to attune the spirit to the Lord's rhythm, making the subtle whispers of His will increasingly discernible amidst life's noise. Seek direction within its profound depths.
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Numbers 2:1 (KJV)
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Scripture's Wisdom: Verses for Discerning God's Will
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
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.
And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
The sacred pages offer not a precise map of future events, but the enduring principles by which a soul aligns itself with the Divine Will. Discernment unfolds not in passive expectation of external signs, but through active engagement with revealed truth and the quiet voice of conscience illuminated by the Holy Spirit. The particular path God designs for each life is discovered most surely when one walks diligently in the known light of His commands – seeking holiness, practicing charity, pursuing justice. True spiritual clarity emerges from a life disciplined by prayer, reflection, and obedience. Let these verses anchor your efforts, directing your mind and heart towards lives fashioned by God's wisdom, confident that His will is found not in anxious searching, but in faithful, virtuous dwelling within His presence and in obedience to His Word.