65 Bible Verses about God, Human Descriptions Of

Then I'll remove my hand so you may see my back, but my face must not be seen."

he glanced up and saw three men standing there, not far from him. As soon as he noticed them, Abraham ran from the tent entrance to greet them and bowed low to the ground. "My lords," he told them, "if I have found favor with you, please don't leave your servant. I'll have some water brought to wash your feet while you rest under the tree. read more.
I'll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant." So they replied, "Okay! Do what you've proposed." Abraham hurried into the tent and told Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of the best flour, knead it, and make some flat bread." Next, Abraham ran to the herd, found a choice and tender calf, and gave it to the young men, who went off in a hurry to prepare it. Then he took curds, milk, and the calf that had been prepared, placed the food in front of them, and stood near them under the tree while they ate. The men asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "There, in the tent," he replied. Then one of them said, "I will certainly return to you in about a year's time. By then, your wife Sarah will have borne a son." Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Abraham and Sarah were old really old and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing. That's why Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I'm so old and my husband is old, too, am I going to have sex?" The LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and think, "Am I really going to bear a child, since I'm so old?' Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time set for it, I will return to you about a year from now and Sarah will have a son."

Now it happened that while Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and much to his amazement, he saw a man standing in front of him, holding a drawn sword in his hand! Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you one of us, or are you with our enemies?" "Neither," he answered. "I have come as commander of the LORD's Army." Joshua immediately fell on his face to the earth and worshipped, saying to him, "Lord, what do you have for your servant by way of command?" The commander of the LORD's Army replied to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you're standing is holy." So Joshua did so.

From above the canopy that was spread out over their heads, there appeared to be something reminiscent of a throne, resembling sapphire in form. There was the likeness of the appearance of a human being seated on the likeness of the throne high above. I noticed that from what appeared to look like his waist upward there was something that looked like metal that glowed as if it were immersed in fire. Below this there was something resembling fire, with a radiant light surrounding him. The appearance of the radiant light resembled that of a rainbow shining in a cloud on a rainy day. This was what the appearance of the form of the glory of the LORD resembled. When I saw all of this, I fell flat on my face. Then I heard a voice speaking.

May the LORD's face enlighten you and bestow favor on you. May the LORD turn to face you, lavishing peace on you!

My mind recalls your word, "Seek my face," so your face, LORD, I will seek.

Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven.

and see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Furthermore, I have chosen and have set apart for myself this Temple, intending my name to reside there forever. My eyes and my heart will reside there every day.

Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, "I will never again curse the land because of human beings even though human inclinations remain evil from youth nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I've done.

but now your kingdom won't be established. The LORD has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as Commander-in-Chief over his people because you didn't obey that which the LORD commanded you."

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

"All of these things the LORD made clear to me in writing at his direction the construction plans for all of the building."

But who am I, and who are my people, that we make such voluntary offerings as these? For all things come from you, and from your own hand we are giving to you.

In your majesty ride forth for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness; and your strong right hand will teach you awesome things.

He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing. After all, David did not go up to heaven, but he said, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

The LORD's eyes keep on roaming throughout the earth, looking for those whose hearts completely belong to him, so that he may strongly support them. But because you have acted foolishly in this, from now on you will have wars."

a land about which the LORD your God is always concerned, because the eyes of the LORD are continuously on it throughout the entire year."

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing both the evil and the good.

Look! The eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth; but I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," declares the LORD.

For who has despised the time of insignificant things? They will rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven lights represent the eyes of the LORD, which are looking throughout all of the earth."

For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."

The LORD looks on the righteous, and he listens to their cries.

"Son of Man," the Lord GOD told me, "This is where my throne is, where I place the soles of my feet, and where I will live among the Israelis forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name neither they nor their kings by their unfaithfulness, by the lifeless idols of their kings on their funeral mounds,

Indeed, lover of people, all of his holy ones are in your control. They gather at your feet to do as you have instructed.

He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.

"He has given you the glory of Lebanon, and it will come to you, the cypress, and the plane tree, and the pine, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

"See, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, nor are his ears too dull to hear.

By your strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror, you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders.

Therefore, tell the Israelis, "I am the LORD. I'll bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I'll deliver you from their bondage. I'll redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out from there with great power and a show of force. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"

"Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through?

The LORD has bared his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

I looked, but there was no helper, I was appalled that there was no one to give support; so my own arm brought me victory, and as for my wrath, it supported me.

He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.

so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

"Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his advisor?

Who has fathomed the Spirit of the LORD, or as his counselor has taught him?

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he's not a man that he should change his mind."

They have built high places at Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I didn't command this, and it never entered my mind!

but Jesus became a priest with an oath when God told him, "The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever."

The LORD took an oath and will never recant: "You are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek."

Whenthey heard the voice of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, the man and his wife concealed themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

I'll walk among you. I will be your God, and you'll be my people.

What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."

the LORD your God spoke from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you saw no form; there was only a voice.

The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. The voice of the LORD snaps the cedars; the LORD snaps the cedars of Lebanon.read more.
He makes them stagger like a calf, even Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the LORD shoots out flashes of fire. The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD causes deer to give birth, and strips the forest bare. In his Temple all of them shout, "Glory!"

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made; all the heavenly bodies by the breath of his mouth.

I also heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of roaring water, like the voice of the Almighty, or like a boisterous crowd within an army camp. Whenever they stopped flying, they lowered their wings.

Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"

Then a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.

By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done.

because the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days. Then he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.