45 Bible Verses about Purpose

So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;

Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 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 broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. read more.
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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

For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.'

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

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

But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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

I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.

This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

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

The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.

"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.

Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will 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 all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.

And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance 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 the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,

Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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