82 Bible Verses about God, Activity Of

But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work.

God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

But our God is in the heavens. He has done whatever he pleased.

LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Yea, since the day was I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?

And Abraham called the name of that place LORD-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of LORD it shall be provided.

and he said, If thou will diligently hearken to the voice of LORD thy God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, wh

And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it LORD-nissi.

O come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before LORD our maker.

For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth. It shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. And it shall prosper in the thing to which I sent it.

And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.

Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of LORD.

Thou are LORD, even thou alone, thou have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preserve them all. And the host of heaven worshi

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God he made him, male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.

Of old thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

For, lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth--LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands,

Thou are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy, to take the glory and the honor and the power, because thou created all things, and because by thy will they are, and were created.

LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.read more.
He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. The trees of LORD are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein. He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?

although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.

in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will.

Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed.

Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?read more.
Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder, to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man, to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth? Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has engendered it? The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of it.

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train? Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows his going down.

He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by names.

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.

Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] can thou mark when the hinds do calve? Can thou number the months that they fulfill? Or do thou know the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves. They bring forth their young. They cast out their pains.read more.
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and return not again. Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place? He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? Can thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Will thou trust him because his strength is great? Or will thou leave to him thy labor? Will thou confide in him that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor? The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love? For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust. And she forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them. She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear, because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her. The time she lifts up herself on high she scorns the horse and his rider. Have thou given the horse [his] might? Have thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? Have thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed. Neither does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, nor does he believe that it is the voice of the trumpet. As often as the trumpet [sounds] he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south? Is it at thy command that the eagle mounts up, and makes her nest on high? She dwells on the cliff, and makes her home upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold. From there she spies out the prey. Her eyes behold it afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood. And where the slain are, there is she.

Can thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord? Can thou put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? Will he make many supplications to thee? Or will he speak soft words to thee?read more.
Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou should take him for a servant forever? Will thou play with him as with a bird? Or will thou bind him for thy maidens? Will the bands make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants? Can thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish-spears? Lay thy hand upon him. Remember the battle, and do so no more. Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not [a man] be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine.

Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. The sun arises; they get away, and lay down in their dens.read more.
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening. O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts. There go the ships. There is leviathan, whom thou have formed to play in it. These all wait for thee, that thou may give them their food in due season.

He gives to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father.

Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am LORD. And I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God, and ye shall know that I am LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you for a heritage. I am LORD.

Now LORD said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing. And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And Moses went up to God. And LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus thou shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel: Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,read more.
and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shall speak to the sons of Israel.

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven to the other, whether there has been [anything] as this great thing is, or has been he Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou have heard, and live? Or has God assayed to go and take for him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that L

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said to thee, in thy blood, Live! Yea, I said to thee, in thy blood, Live! I caused thee to multiply as that which grows in the field, and thou increased and grew great. And thou attained to excellent ornament, thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown. Yet thou were naked and bare.

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them on my arms, but they did not know that I healed them.read more.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who lift up the yoke on their jaws. And I laid food before them.

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Who can utter the mighty acts of LORD, or show forth all his praise?

For how shall it now be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in that thou go with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? And LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou have spoken, for thou have found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

In all places in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar? Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel. And I have been with thee wherever thou went, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee. And I will make thee a great name, like the name of the great ones that are on the earth.read more.
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. Neither shall the sons of iniquity afflict them any more, as at the first, and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover LORD tells thee that LORD will make thee a house.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou are God in Israel, and Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou, LORD, are God, and [that] thou have turned their heart back again. Then the fire of LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

LORD is their strength, and he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

Let the redeemed of LORD say [so], whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor, and the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel. And LORD said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to LORD before the sun, that the fierce anger of LORD may turn away from Israel.

If one man sins against another, God shall judge him, but if a man sins against LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they did not hearken to the voice of their father, because LORD intended to kill them.

Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which LORD will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to LORD that he may send thunder and rain, and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of LORD in asking a king for you. So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of LORD. And LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared, and the Egyptians fled against it, and LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the army of Pharaoh who went in after them into the sea, there remained not so much as one of them.

Then Amalek came, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.read more.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy. And they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. And his hands were steady until the going do And Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it LORD-nissi. And he said, LORD has sworn, LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. And Israel vowed a vow to LORD, and said, If thou will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites. And they utterly destroyed them and their cities. And the name of the place was called Hormah.

And LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho into thy hand, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor.

And LORD delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand of Israel. And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it. He left none remaining in it, and he did to the king of it as he had done to th

And it came to pass the same night, that LORD said to him, Arise, get thee down into the camp, for I have delivered it into thy hand.

and that all this assembly may know that LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is LORD's, and he will give you into our hand.

And when they began to sing and to praise, LORD set an ambushment against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir who came against Judah, and they were smitten. For the sons of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and destroy them utterly. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another [of themselves].

Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel. And I have been with thee wherever thou went, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee. And I will make thee a great name, like the name of the great ones that are on the earth.

Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to LORD. And they testified against them, but they would not give ear.

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

[Should ye] not [hear] the words which LORD cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?

For the kingdom is LORD's, and he is the ruler over the nations.

So LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

And the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not hearkened to my voice, I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died, that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of LORD to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.read more.
So LORD left those nations, without driving them out quickly. Neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

Come, behold the works of LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth. He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

He rules by his might forever. His eyes observe the nations. Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east. He calls him to his foot? He gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,