49 Bible Verses about Making Decisions

The lot is cast into the lap, but the judgment thereof is of the LORD.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

and said to the judges, Take heed what ye do, for ye do not judge for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the word of judgment.

and shall make him of quick olfaction in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge according to the sight of his eyes, neither reprove according to the hearing of his ears:

Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold uprightness.

And in the same manner thou shalt make the pectoral of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and of fine twined linen.

That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.

Go and say unto David, Thus hath the LORD said, I offer thee three things: choose one of them, which I will do unto thee.

Give, therefore, thy slave a hearing heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this thy so great a people?

He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits upon the throne of judgment, and for strength to those that turn the battle to the gate.

The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Woe unto those that establish unrighteous laws and that wilfully prescribe tyranny

the heads thereof judge for bribes, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they come near unto the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No evil can come upon us.

He that trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whosoever walks in wisdom, he shall be saved.

It is a snare unto man to devour that which is holy and afterward to reconsider his vows.

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

Then David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.

There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

in testimony of the just judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer,

The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart is wroth against the LORD.

And yet if I judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

The heart of man devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

Do not be rash with thy mouth and do not let thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, for God is in heaven and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

To respect the person of the wicked so that the righteous loses that which is rightfully his is not good.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, into which likewise ye are called into one body, and be ye thankful.

That the soul be without wisdom is not good, and he that hastens with his feet sins.

who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

By me the kings reign, and the princes decree justice.

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth or glory, nor the life of thy enemies, neither yet hast asked long life, but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou may judge my people, over whom I have placed thee as king,

Many seek the ruler's favour, but each man's judgment comes from the LORD.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

discretion shall preserve thee, intelligence shall keep thee

And they put him in ward that the mind of the LORD might be showed them.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

They gather themselves together as an army against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.

Therefore they have consulted together with one consent; they are confederate against thee:

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither pleasing the poor, nor favoring the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Because for every will there is time and judgment, because the evil of man is great upon him,

I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me.

And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half to the one and half to the other.

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings and hear the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD himself will repent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.