45 Bible Verses about Purpose

And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that was by Shechem.

the bonnets, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,

And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the A And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel have come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. read more.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee to Pharaoh, that thou may bring forth my people the sons of Israel out of Egypt.

Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the seed would come to whom it was promised, which was arranged through heavenly agents in the hand of a mediator.

knowing this, that law is not laid down for righteous men, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreverent and sinful, for the impious and profane, for father killers and mother killers, for man killers,

So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith.

Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.

And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,

Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead, I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou

I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

I glorified thee on the earth. I finished the work which thou have given me that I should do.

Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

Blessed be LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle will, no, not pass away from the law, until all things come to pass.

The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and th

And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of LORD with them. And they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

And ye shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.

the day that thou stood before LORD thy God in Horeb, when LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may

For he forcibly refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.

These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life.

But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lays upon their heart.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this and the voices of the prophets being read at every Sabbath, they fulfilled, having condemned him.

And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him,

But having answered, Jesus said to them, Ye are led astray, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. I, LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good-news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint, but he who keeps the law, happy is he.

He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings, has that which judges him: the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day.

[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

And because of this we thank God without ceasing, because, having received the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city, the things written in this book.

Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of LORD your God which I command you.

Whatever thing I command you, that shall ye observe to do. Thou shall not add to it, nor diminish from it.

Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up. And according to that which was customary to him, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people. And they said, All that LORD has spoken will we do, and be obedient.

And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of LORD in LORD's house.

And when the letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the congregation of Laodiceans, and that ye also read the one from Laodicea.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.

But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the Scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

and it shall be with him. And he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them,

Seek ye out of the book of LORD, and read. No one of these shall be missing. None shall want her mate. For my mouth, it has commanded, and his Spirit, it has gathered them.

And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,

He who goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves.

The man who sows sows the word. And these are those by the path where the word is sown. And whenever they may hear, straightaway Satan comes, and takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts.

Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.