28 Bible Verses About Understanding God's Ways

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

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,

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez–uzzah to this day.

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

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

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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

So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.