45 Bible Verses about Purpose

And they gave unto 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 which was by Shechem.

the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. read more.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, 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 house, we will serve Jehovah.

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

but these are written, 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 hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

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

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, 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 teach their children.

for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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

Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.

But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

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

But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.

For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him .

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

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

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

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

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

What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, 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 Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah in Jehovah's house.

And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

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

Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him .

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

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