7 occurrences

'Will of God' in the Bible

He took up his [third] discourse (oracle) and said:“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened [at last, to see clearly the purpose and will of God],

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseReceiving SightWise Proverbs

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim [used like lots by the priest to determine the will of God] or by prophets.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

The governor told them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim [to determine God’s will in the matter].

Verse ConceptsThe Urim And ThummimUrim And Thummim

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBlessedCommendationJustice, In Believers' LivesCharacter Of SaintsRejoicing In God's WordEthics

This is what the Lord says,“Maintain justice and do righteousness,For My salvation is soon to come,And My righteousness and justice is soon to be revealed.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialBeing FairOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversImputed RighteousnessFinal Salvationfairness

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience

he said goodbye to them, telling them, "I will come back to you, if it is the will of God." Then, sailing from Ephesus,

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGuidance, God's Promises OfSeafaringFarewellsSea TravelGod's Will Be Donesailinggoodbyes

and knowest the will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are different, being instructed out of the law;

Verse ConceptsInstructionScholarsKnowing God's WillGreat ThingsStudying The LawKnowing God's Characterdiscrimination

Any man who offers prayer or explains the will of God with anything on his head disgraces his head,

Verse ConceptsVeilsCovering Heads

and any woman who offers prayer or explains the will of God bareheaded disgraces her head, for it is just as though she had her head shaved.

Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles

but when that which is complete comes [i.e., the full revelation of God's will, contained in the New Testament Scriptures], then the partial will be abolished [i.e., the supernatural gifts, which provided only part of the revealed will of God, will cease to be exercised].

Verse ConceptsPerfection, DivineAbolish, Temporary ThingsHuman ImperfectionThings Passing AwayIncompletenessPeople Made PerfectWhen?Hope And Love

As for our brother Apollos, I urged him to accompany the other brothers on a visit to you; he will come as soon as he has time, but for the present it is not the will of God that he should visit you.

Verse ConceptsApollosRight Time For People

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

Verse ConceptsRepentanceNo Loss

For see what this very sorrow, suffered in accordance with the will of God, has done for you! How earnest it has made you, how concerned to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how much it made you long to see me, how loyal to me, how determined to punish the offender! At every point you have cleared yourselves in the matter.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingeagernessPlea Of Innocence

the whole will of God. for I can witness for him, that he is ardently concern'd for you, and the christians of Laodicea,

Verse ConceptsFervourZealousness, Examples Of

and to governors as deputed by him for the punishment of wrongdoers and the encouragement of honest people ??15 for it is the will of God that by your honest lives you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish persons.

Verse ConceptsCommendationEvildoersAuthority, of human institutionsHuman Authority, Instituted By GodGovernmentGovernorsCivic DutiesRetributionSin, God's Judgment OnMagistratesGod Sending ProphetsJudicial PunishmentNature Of Kings

For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfSpiritual Life, Nature OfSpiritual Life, Described ByLiving For The MaterialChrist PreachingValidly Like GodLiving The Life

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