58 Bible Verses about God's Will
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For it is the will of God that by doing right you may silence (muzzle, gag) the [culpable] ignorance and irresponsible criticisms of foolish people.
For it is better that you suffer [unjustly] for doing what is right, if that should be God’s will, than [to suffer justly] for doing wrong.
For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
For whoever does the will of God [by believing in Me, and following Me], he is My brother and sister and mother.”
For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality;
Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority.
in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether [he is] slave or free.
And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
For God will bring every act to judgment, every hidden and secret thing, whether it is good or evil.
For length of days and years of life [worth living]
And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.
For this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking [specifically] that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [with insight into His purposes], and in understanding [of spiritual things],
And God has not only raised the Lord [to life], but will also raise us up by His power.
Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”
God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.
then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you.
But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.
For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.
so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.
For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,
That His servants may remain there and possess it.
This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us.
With God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who will trample down our enemies.
and I saw all the work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though man may labor in seeking, he will not discover; and [more than that], though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, he will not be able to find it out.
Then the Lord your God shall make you abundantly prosperous in everything that you do, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your land; for the Lord will again delight over you for good, just as He delighted over your fathers,
equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
For this is My Father’s will and purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him [as Savior] will have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.”
Many are saying of me,
“There is no help [no salvation] for him in God.” Selah.
If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.
[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].
Whoever is of God and belongs to Him hears [the truth of] God’s words; for this reason you do not hear them: because you are not of God and you are not in fellowship with Him.”
And the Lord their God shall save them on that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are like the [precious] jewels of a crown,
Displayed and glittering in His land.
Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), by the will of God [that is, by His purpose and choice],
To the saints (God’s people) who are at Ephesus and are faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus:
Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.
“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.
a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Topics on God's Will
Doing God's Will
John 7:17God's Will Be Done
Acts 21:14And since he would not be dissuaded, we stopped pleading and fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done!”
Knowing God's Will
Romans 12:2And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be
Prayer, And God's Will
1 John 5:14This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that
Sanctification As God's Will
1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality;
Submission To God's Will
Psalm 40:8
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Trusting God's Will
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart
And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
What God's Will Is
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being.”