27 Bible Verses about Calling

And the God of all grace, having called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, may he put you in proper order, having suffered a little time, may he support you, make firm, lay the foundation.

And when God was contented, having separated me from my mother's womb, and having called me, by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might announce him the good news in the nations; I consulted not with flesh and blood:

God faithful, by whom we were called to the communion of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

But God has not called you to uncleanness, but in consecration.

Hear to me, ye islands, and attend ye people from far off; Jehovah called me from the belly; from my mother's bowels he made mention of my name. And he set my mouth as a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me, and he will set me for a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me. And he will say to me, Thou my servant, Israel, whom I will be honored in thee. read more.
And I said, I labored in vain, for emptiness; and I finish my strength vainly; surely my judgment is with Jehovah and my work with my God. And now, said Jehovah, forming me from the belly for servant to him to turn back Jacob to him, And Israel shall not be gathered, and I shall be honored in the eyes of Jehovah, and God was my strength.

Jehovah is near to all calling upon him, to all who shall call upon him in truth.

For thou, O Jehovah, art good and forgiving, and great of mercy to all calling to thee.

For thus said Jehovah, That according to the filling up to Babel of seventy years I will review you and lift up to you my good word to turn you back to this place. For I knew the purposes which I purposed concerning you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace, and not for evil, to give to you the last part and expectation. And ye called me, and went and prayed to me, and I heard to you. read more.
And ye sought me and found, for ye will seek me with all your heart.

And it was all who shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall escape: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be an escaping, as said Jehovah; and among those left whom Jehovah called.

And it shall be, every one, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Seek ye Jehovah in his being found, and call him in his being near.

Confess ye to Jehovah, call upon his name, make known among the peoples his deeds. Sing ye to him, play on the harp to him, speak upon all his wonders.

Confess to Jehovah, call upon his name: make ye known his doings among the peoples. Sing ye to him and play on the harp to him: discourse ye upon all his wonders.

And ye said in that day, Praise ye to Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples; keep ye in remembrance that his name was exalted. Strike the chords to Jehovah, for he did a lifting up: this being known in all the earth. Cry out and shout for joy thou inhabitress of Zion, for great in the midst of thee the Holy One of Isarel.

Thus said Jehovah making it Jehovah forming it, to prepare it, Jehovah his name: Call to me and I will answer thee, and I will announce to thee great and mighty things which thou knewest them not

And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.

And we know that to them loving God, all things work together for good, to them being called according to the setting up. For whom he before knew, he also before determined of the form of the image of his Son, for him to be first born in many brethren. And whom he before determined, these he also called: and whom he called, these he also justified: and whom he justified, these he also glorified.

Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hest thou made me so Or has not the potter power over the clay, of the same mixture truly to make one vessel for honour, and one for dishonour And if God, willing anger to be shown, and his power to be made known, endured in much long suffering the vessels of anger put in proper order for destruction: read more.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory Whom he also called us, not only from the Jews, but also of the nations? As also he says in Hosea, I will call not my people my people; and the not loved, loved. And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

And we proclaim Christ crucified, to the Jews truly a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; And to these the called, to both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and wisdom of God.

For the servant called in the Lord, is the freedman of the Lord: likewise also the freedman called, is the servant of Christ. Ye were bought for a price; be ye not servants of men. Each, in what he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

For this, thus said Jehovah, God of armies, God of Israel, Behold me bringing to Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil which I spake concerning them; because I spake to them and they heard not; and I shall call to them and they answered not

And ye forsaking Jehovah, forgetting my holy mountain, and preparing a table for Gad, and filling up for fate from mixed wine. And I numbered you to the sword, and ye all shall bend to the slaughter, because I called, and ye answered not: I spake and ye heard not; and ye will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, ye chose. For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat and ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink and ye shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed. read more.
Behold, my servants shall shout from good of heart, but ye shall cry from pain of heart, and wail from breaking of spirit And ye set down your name for a curse to my chosen: and the Lord Jehovah slaying thee, and he will call his servants another name.

Thus said Jehovah, The heavens my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet: where this house which ye will build to me? and where this place of my rest? And all these my hand made, and all these shall be, says Jehovah: and to this will I look, to the humble. and smitten of spirit, and trembling at my word. He slaughtering the ox, striking a man; he sacrificing a sheep, broke a dog's neck; he bringing up a gift, swine's blood; he making remembrance of frankincense, praising vanity; also they chose their ways, and in their abominations their soul delighted. read more.
Also I will choose upon their vexations, and I will bring their fears to them; for I called, and none answered; I spake, and they heard not: and they will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, they chose.

And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens. Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ.

And he said to them, Ye know that it is violating law for a man a Jew to join himself, or come near to a strange tribe: and God shewed me to call no man common or unclean.

So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.

For many are called, and few chosen.

For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not, many well born:

Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words: How long, ye simple, will ye love simplicity? and mockers delight to mock for them, and the foolish hate knowledge? read more.
Ye shall turn back at my reproofs: behold, I will pour forth my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you. Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs. And they shall eat from the fruit of their way, and be filled with their purposes For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them.

Thus said Jehovah giving a way in the sea, and a beaten path in the strong waters;, Bringing forth the chariot and the horse, the strength and the might together, they shall fall down, they shall not rise: they went out; they were quenched as tow. Will ye not remember the former things? will ye not discern the things of old? read more.
Behold me doing a new thing; now it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it? I will also set a way in the desert, rivers in the waste. The beast of the field shall know me, the sea monster and the daughters of the ostrich: for I gave waters in the desert, rivers in the waste to give drink to my people, my chosen. This people I formed for myself; they shall recount my praise. And thou calledst me not, O Jacob; and thou overt weary of me, O Israel. Thou broughtest not to me the sheep of thy burnt-offering, and thou honoredst me not with thy sacrifices I caused thee not to serve with a gift, and I wearied thee not with frankincense. Thou broughtest not for me a buying with silver, thou didst not satiate me with the fat of thy sacrifices also thou causedst me to serve with thy sins, thou didst weary me with thine iniquities. I, I am he wiping away thy transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember thy sins. Cause me to remember; we will judge together; relate thou so that thou shalt be justified. Thy first father slimed, thy interpreter transgressed against me. And will defile the chiefs of the holy place, and will give Jacob to be devoted, and Israel for reproaches.

For the favors and calling of God not causing repentance.

For what the hope of the profane one if he shall plunder? for God shall draw out his soul. Will God hear his cry when straits shall come upon him? If he will delight himself upon the Almighty? will he call upon God in all time?

Did not the workers of vanity know? eating my people they ate bread; they called not Jehovah.