17 Bible Verses about autonomy

And Yahweh God said, "Look--the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. {What if} he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?"

And fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, [and] {just as} iron crushes and smashes {everything}, and as iron shatters all of these [other metals], [so] it will crush and it will shatter [these nations].

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

form light and create darkness; make peace and create evil; I [am] Yahweh; do all these [things].

So he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and {a flaming, turning sword} to guard the way to the tree of life.

Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that [you] yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,

And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and [with] the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars,

{Then Jesus, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?"

And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first [among] them, does not acknowledge us.

So Pilate said to them, "You take him and judge him according to your law!" The Jews said to him, "It is not permitted for us to kill anyone,"

"See, I am setting {before you} {today} life and prosperity and death and disaster;

Look! The hand of Yahweh is not too short {to save}, and his ear is not [too] dull {to hear}.

"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.