45 Bible Verses about Purpose

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

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The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them. read more.
So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.

realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

"The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the Lord. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, "Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children."

for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don't let anyone look down on you.

"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

"Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life."

The Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

"But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.

But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry --

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!

When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.

You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said, "We are willing to do and obey all that the Lord has spoken."

Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

So Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what the prophet Jeremiah had told him to do. He read what the Lord had said from the scroll in the temple of the Lord.

And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out.

Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the Lord has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them.

Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

The sower sows the word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.