51 Bible Verses about Foreknowledge

But of THAT day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only:

But of THAT day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

(as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose; for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called; and whom He called, these he also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ to the strangers who are dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the fore-knowledge of God, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and to the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,---may grace and peace be multiplied unto you.

but thus hath God accomplished those things which He had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and prodigies, and signs, which God wrought by Him in the midst of you, (as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

For of a truth both Herod and Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel, combined against thy holy child Jesus, (whom Thou hast anointed,) to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had before determined to be done.

who was indeed appointed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times, for your sakes,

for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;

(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger: as it is written,

God hath not cast off his people, whom He foreknew. Do ye not know what the scripture saith of Elias? how he complains to God against Israel,

according as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unblameable before Him in love:

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which began to be declared by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard Him;

He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

By which also ye are saved, if ye retain it as I preached it to you: unless indeed ye have believed in vain.

And we co-operating with Him do also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: for He saith, "I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee." Behold now is the acceptable time; behold now is the day of salvation.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, (who is an idolater,) hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Take heed, my brethren, least there be in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God:

who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Spirit, and of the good word of God, and the powers of the gospel-age, and yet fall away, should be renewed again to repentance: since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and make an open example of Him.

But there were indeed false prophets among the people of old, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will privately introduce pernicious heresies, denying even the Lord that bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction,

"To-day if ye will hear his voice,

But there are some of you that believe not: (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who would betray Him:

but that we may not give them offence, go to the sea-side and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and open its mouth, and thou shalt find a piece of money: that take and give them for me and thee.

Then saith Jesus unto them, Ye will all take offence at me this night; for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered:" but after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter answered and said to Him, though they should all be offended in thee, yet will I never be offended.read more.
Jesus said unto him, Verily I tell thee that this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.

And Jesus saith unto them, Ye will all of you be made to offend on my account this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: but after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said to Him, though all should be made to offend, yet will not I.read more.
And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I tell thee, that to day, even in this very night, before the cock crow twice thou wilt deny me thrice.

But He replied, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before thou hast thrice denied that thou knowest me.

Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily verily I tell thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice.

Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)

And He said, Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The master saith, my time is near, I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples: and the disciples did as Jesus ordered them,

and began to tell them, that the Son of man must suffer much; and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes; and be put to death: and after three days rise again.

saying, the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be put to death, and be raised again the third day.

for I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished?

for I tell you, that this which is written must yet be accomplished in me, "And He was numbered with transgressors," for the things foretold concerning me are near at an end.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Therefore Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while I am to be among you, and then I shall go to Him that sent me.

For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, Ye are not all clean.

Ye have heard, how I said unto you, "I am going away, and I shall come again to you." If ye loved me, ye would rejoice that I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

and now, O Father, glorify Thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.

Upon which Jesus, who knew all that was coming upon Him, went forth and said unto them, Whom do ye seek? They answered Him, Jesus the Nazarene.

After this Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and then he will recompense every one according to his practice.

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the land mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming as on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory: and He will send forth his messengers with a trumpet of a loud voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

and then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory. And He will then send forth his messengers, and will gather his elect together from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

So when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon his glorious throne:

for whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this degenerate and sinful age, of him will the Son of man be also ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He comes in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

Was not the Messiah to suffer these things, and so to enter into his glory?