For millions of people worldwide, the Bible is a sacred book that provides important insights into God’s essence and personality. Its pages contain many passages that shed light on various facets of the Divine, such as His strength, justice, love, and mercy.
Bible Passages About God
This extensive compilation of Bible texts seeks to give readers a better knowledge of God as revealed in Scripture. Through a closer examination of these well-chosen sections, readers can develop a more comprehensive understanding of God’s complexity and relationship with people. These verses provide a glimpse into the heavenly qualities that have inspired and directed people for millennia, regardless of whether you’re an experienced Christian or just learning about Christianity for the first time.
God’s Love and Mercy
1. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
2. 1 John 4:8
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
3. Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
4. Psalm 103:8
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
5. Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
6. Lamentations 3:22-23
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
7. Psalm 86:15
“But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
8. Deuteronomy 7:9
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
9. Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
10. 1 John 4:16
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
11. Jeremiah 31:3
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'”
God’s Power and Sovereignty
12. Isaiah 40:28
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”
13. Jeremiah 32:17
“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.”
14. Psalm 147:5
“Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
15. Job 42:2
“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”
16. Daniel 4:35
“All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done?'”
17. Romans 8:38-39
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
18. Colossians 1:16-17
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
19. Revelation 19:6
“Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: ‘Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.'”
20. Psalm 93:1
“The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.”
21. Matthew 19:26
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'”
22. Ephesians 1:19-21
“and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.”
God’s Wisdom and Knowledge
23. Proverbs 3:19-20
“By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.”
24. Romans 11:33
“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!”
25. Job 12:13
“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.”
26. Psalm 147:4-5
“He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
27. Isaiah 55:8-9
“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'”
28. Daniel 2:20-21
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.”
29. Colossians 2:2-3
“My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
30. 1 Corinthians 1:25
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.”
31. Jeremiah 10:12
“But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.”
32. Job 37:16
“Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?”
33. Psalm 139:1-2
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.”
God’s Holiness and Righteousness
34. Isaiah 6:3
“And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.'”
35. 1 Peter 1:15-16
“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.'”
36. Psalm 145:17
“The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.”
37. Revelation 4:8
“Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.'”
38. Exodus 15:11
“Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you—majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?”
39. Psalm 99:9
“Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.”
40. Habakkuk 1:13
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”
41. Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.'”
42. 1 Samuel 2:2
“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”
43. Psalm 77:13
“Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?”
44. Isaiah 57:15
“For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: ‘I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.'”
God’s Faithfulness and Trustworthiness
45. Deuteronomy 7:9
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
46. Lamentations 3:22-23
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
47. Psalm 33:4
“For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.”
48. 1 Corinthians 1:9
“God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
49. 2 Timothy 2:13
“If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
50. Hebrews 10:23
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”
51. Numbers 23:19
“God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
52. Psalm 119:90
“Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.”
53. Isaiah 25:1
“Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.”
54. 1 Thessalonians 5:24
“The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”
55. Psalm 36:5
“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.”
God’s Mercy and Grace
56. Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
57. Titus 3:5
“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
58. Hebrews 4:16
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
59. Lamentations 3:22-23
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
60. 1 Peter 1:3
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
61. Romans 5:20-21
“The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
62. Psalm 103:8
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
63. Micah 7:18
“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.”
64. 2 Corinthians 12:9
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
65. James 4:6
“But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'”
66. Exodus 34:6
“And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.'”
God’s Justice and Judgment
67. Deuteronomy 32:4
“He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.”
68. Psalm 9:7-8
“The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.”
69. Isaiah 30:18
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”
70. Romans 2:5-6
“But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God ‘will repay each person according to what they have done.'”
71. 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
“God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.”
72. Revelation 19:11
“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.”
73. Acts 17:31
“For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
74. Ecclesiastes 3:17
“I said to myself, ‘God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.'”
75. Psalm 96:13
“Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.”
76. Isaiah 61:8
“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.”
God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience
77. Psalm 139:7-10
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”
78. Jeremiah 23:24
“Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.”
79. Proverbs 15:3
“The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.”
80. 1 John 3:20
“If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”
Conclusion
We are reminded of the immense depth and scope of God’s character as we draw to a close this trip through the Scriptures. These Bible verses depict a God who is both transcendent and immanent, ranging from His omnipresence to His eternal nature, from His unfathomable compassion and mercy to His almighty authority and justice.
The passages we have studied touch on essential elements of God’s character, yet they do not fully capture the extent of God’s omnipotence. It’s crucial to keep in mind that these verses are meant to be interpreted as a component of the greater story of God’s interactions with people, not as standalone texts. They challenge us to go beyond, consider the bigger picture, and look for answers in prayer and introspection.
These verses offer a springboard for a lifetime exploration of God, whether you find solace in His love, marvel at His omnipotence, or seek direction from His knowledge. We are prompted to think about how these divine qualities might affect our own lives, our interactions with others, and how we perceive the world as we reflect on these divine qualities. I pray that these verses encourage more study, strengthened faith, and a deeper understanding of the intricacy and beauty of God.
