47 Bible Verses about Making Decisions

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.

And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.

Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.

And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.