45 Bible Verses about Purpose
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And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
From Thematic Bible
Ear-ring » Worn » Purpose » Idolatry
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,
moses » God reveals » Purpose » deliver » israelites
And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows; And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them. read more.
Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
Purpose » Of law
What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,
So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Purpose » Of the bible » To relate human experience as a warning
Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
Purpose » Of life » Attaining Christlikeness
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before, I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Purpose » Of life » Seeking God's kingdom
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Purpose » Of life » The service of God
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
Purpose » Of the bible » To give knowledge of eternal life
I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
Purpose » Of the bible » To give hope to men
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
Purpose » Of the bible » To authenticate the divinity of Christ
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
Purpose » Of life » Completing the course joyfully
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Purpose » Of life » Finishing the divine task
Purpose » Of life » Doing the father's will
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
The bible » Purpose » Absolutely trustworthy
Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true.
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.
Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.
The bible » Purpose » It contains the message to be delivered
On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.
So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
The bible » Purpose » Ignorance of, perilous
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?
But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
The bible » Purpose » Purity of
Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.
As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.
The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.
The bible » Purpose » The standard of faith and duty
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.
He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.
You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
The bible » Purpose » Read in the great congregation
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.
And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.
And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;
And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.
And when this letter has been made public among you, let the same be done in the church of Laodicea; and see that you have the letter from Laodicea.
The bible » Purpose » The study of encouraged
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.
The bible » Purpose » Contains seed-corn for the sower
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
The seed is the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.
The bible » Purpose » To relate human experience as a warning
Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
The bible » Purpose » To give knowledge of eternal life
I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
The bible » Purpose » To give hope to men
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
The bible » Purpose » To authenticate the divinity of Christ
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
Topics on Purpose
Adversity, Purpose Of
2 Samuel 12:9-12Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Afflictions, Purpose Of
Isaiah 63:9It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
Anointing, Medical Purpose
Luke 10:34And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
Ark Of The Covenant, Purpose
Exodus 25:16Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
Divine Purposes
Isaiah 45:18For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
doctrine, Purpose of
2 Timothy 2:25Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
Examples, Purpose Of
2 Peter 2:6And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;
God, Purpose Of
Isaiah 46:10-11Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Holiness, Purpose Of
Leviticus 19:2Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Imperfection, And God's Purposes
Genesis 1:31And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Inspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose Of
Acts 1:16My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
Law, Purpose Of
Galatians 3:19What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
Leisure, Nature And Purpose Of
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Life Purpose
1 Thessalonians 4:7Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
Life's Purpose
Joshua 24:15And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
Man's Purposes
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Marriage, Purpose Of
Matthew 19:4And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
Scripture, Purpose Of
2 Timothy 3:14-15But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;
Second Coming Of Christ, The Purpose
Hebrews 9:28So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
Seven Days For Legal Purposes
Exodus 22:30In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.