17 Bible Verses about autonomy

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things: and as iron that breaks all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whosoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God:

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

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

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he said unto Philip, Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not.

Then said Pilate unto them, Take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;

Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear dull, that it cannot hear:

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.