19 Bible Verses about Calling, Of Individuals

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, unto a land that I will show you: And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went.

And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have named you, though you have not known me.

I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant to the people, for a light to the Gentiles;

Listen, O coastlands, unto me; and hearken, you people, from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother has he made mention of my name.

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.

The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto you a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry: for the land has committed great harlotry, departing from the LORD.

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus said unto them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

He said unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,