17 Bible Verses about God Knowing His People

Moses said to the Lord, "See, you have been saying to me, 'Bring this people up,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said, 'I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.'

The Lord said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him."

I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me --

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'

I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.

"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

The Lord is good -- indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father -- and I lay down my life for the sheep.

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.