100 Bible Verses About Knowing God
Bible verses about Knowing God
To truly know God is the ultimate pursuit of the human heart, a journey illuminated by the sacred scriptures. These verses offer glimpses into His character, His love, and His unwavering presence in our lives. Through them, we discover that knowing God transcends mere intellectual assent; it is an intimate, experiential relationship fostered through faith, prayer, and obedience. Understanding these scriptures empowers us to cultivate a deeper connection with our Creator, transforming our perspectives, guiding our actions, and filling us with a peace that surpasses all understanding. Let the Word lead you closer to Him, revealing the boundless depths of His grace and the eternal joy of knowing God.
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Exodus 33:13 (KJV)
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Know God: Bible Verses for Deeper Faith
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
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.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
The verses explored here offer a profound glimpse into the multi-faceted nature of knowing God. From recognizing His inherent attributes like love, power, and wisdom, to experiencing His presence through prayer and obedience, Scripture paints a picture of a God who desires to be known intimately. Understanding these verses allows us to move beyond a superficial awareness of God to a deeper, more personal relationship built on trust, faith, and active engagement with His Word. Let these verses serve as a starting point for your journey of discovery. Continual reflection on these truths, coupled with a sincere desire to apply them to your daily life, will undoubtedly lead to a more profound understanding of God's character and a more meaningful connection with the Divine. Embrace the opportunity to seek Him with your whole heart, and you will surely find Him.