100 Bible Verses About God's Presence
Bible verses about God's Presence
Delving into scripture to understand God's presence is embarking on a transformative journey. These verses illuminate the profound truth that we are never truly alone, for God's spirit dwells within and surrounds us. Recognizing His presence offers solace in times of trouble, guidance in moments of uncertainty, and unwavering strength to overcome life's challenges. Through these passages, discover the intimacy of Emmanuel, God with us, and cultivate a deeper connection with the divine. Let the verses resonate in your heart, fostering a spirit of peace and assurance, knowing that His abiding presence is our constant companion and eternal hope.
Featured Verse
1 Kings 8:42 (KJV)
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
Experiencing God's Presence: Bible Verses & Guidance
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,
And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
These Bible verses on God's presence paint a powerful picture of a God who is not distant or detached, but intimately involved in every aspect of our lives. From the promise of "I will be with you" throughout the Old Testament to the indwelling Holy Spirit in the New, Scripture consistently assures us that we are never truly alone. Understanding and meditating on these verses can transform our perspective, replacing fear and anxiety with a deep sense of peace and security. As you reflect on God's pervasive presence, consider how you can more consciously acknowledge Him in your daily activities, seek His guidance in every decision, and draw strength from His unwavering support. May these verses encourage you to live with boldness and confidence, knowing that the God of the universe is always with you, offering comfort, wisdom, and boundless love.