12 Bible Verses about Choices

And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our father Isaac, though the twins were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God's purpose of election might stand, not because of works but because of his call, she was told, "The older will serve the younger."read more.
As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong, God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And those whom he predestined, he also called; those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.read more.
What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he himself wanted. And they came to him. Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach, and to have authority to cast out the demons:read more.
Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

And when it was day, he called his disciples to himself; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip, and Bartholomew, Matthew, and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,read more.
Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."read more.
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name." But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

If anyone is willing to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.