42 Bible Verses About God's Purpose

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

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.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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.

Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

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.

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

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

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.