45 Bible Verses about Purpose
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And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
From Thematic Bible
Ear-ring » Worn » Purpose » Idolatry
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
moses » God reveals » Purpose » deliver » israelites
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which 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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also 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.
Purpose » Of law
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Purpose » Of the bible » To relate human experience as a warning
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Purpose » Of life » Attaining Christlikeness
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Purpose » Of life » Seeking God's kingdom
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Purpose » Of life » The service of God
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Purpose » Of the bible » To give knowledge of eternal life
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Purpose » Of the bible » To give hope to men
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Purpose » Of the bible » To authenticate the divinity of Christ
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Purpose » Of life » Completing the course joyfully
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Purpose » Of life » Finishing the divine task
Purpose » Of life » Doing the father's will
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
The bible » Purpose » Absolutely trustworthy
Blessed be the LORD, 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 the hand of Moses his servant.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might 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 thine house, O LORD, for ever.
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the 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 the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
The bible » Purpose » It contains the message to be delivered
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.
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I 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 their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
The bible » Purpose » Ignorance of, perilous
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
The bible » Purpose » Purity of
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
The bible » Purpose » The standard of faith and duty
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
The bible » Purpose » Read in the great congregation
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, 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 the LORD in the LORD'S house.
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
The bible » Purpose » The study of encouraged
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures 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 the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
The bible » Purpose » Contains seed-corn for the sower
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
The bible » Purpose » To relate human experience as a warning
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
The bible » Purpose » To give knowledge of eternal life
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
The bible » Purpose » To give hope to men
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
The bible » Purpose » To authenticate the divinity of Christ
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Topics on Purpose
Adversity, Purpose Of
2 Samuel 12:9-12Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Afflictions, Purpose Of
Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Anointing, Medical Purpose
Luke 10:34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Ark Of The Covenant, Purpose
Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Divine Purposes
Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
doctrine, Purpose of
2 Timothy 2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Examples, Purpose Of
2 Peter 2:6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
God, Purpose Of
Isaiah 46:10-11Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Holiness, Purpose Of
Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Imperfection, And God's Purposes
Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Inspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose Of
Acts 1:16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Law, Purpose Of
Galatians 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Leisure, Nature And Purpose Of
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Life's Purpose
Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Man's Purposes
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Marriage, Purpose Of
Matthew 19:4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Scripture, Purpose Of
2 Timothy 3:14-15But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Second Coming Of Christ, The Purpose
Hebrews 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Seven Days For Legal Purposes
Exodus 22:30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.