8 Bible Verses about Divine Purposes
Most Relevant Verses
For so says Jehovah the Creator of the heavens, He is God, forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be inhabited. I am Jehovah, and there is no other.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth."
For Jehovah of Hosts has purposed, and who shall reverse it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
And the land shall tremble and writhe. For every purpose of Jehovah shall be done against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desert without inhabitant.
But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you;
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.
Bible Theasaurus
- Purposes (100 instances)
From Thematic Bible
divine Purposes » Sure of fulfilment
And the land shall tremble and writhe. For every purpose of Jehovah shall be done against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desert without inhabitant.
divine Purposes » Eternal in Christ
according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
divine Purposes » Revealed in the gospel
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
divine Purposes » Irresistible
For Jehovah of Hosts has purposed, and who shall reverse it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
divine Purposes » Seen in his choice of instruments
But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you;
divine Purposes » Involves the overthrow of satan
He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.