The Sovereignty of God

Personal note: I have been gathering these passages for over thirty years. I am always amazed and delighted that new ones are constantly being shown to me that previously went unnoticed, even though I’ve read and reread them many times before. I am beginning to believe there is almost no verse in the Bible that does not in some way declare the absolute sovereignty of God in some way.

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Old Testament Passages

Gen. 1:1 In the beginning [Literally, in beginnings] God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen. 1:31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

P Gen. 12:3 And in you [Abraham] all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

P,E Gen. 18:19 For I have chosen him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; in order that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.

P Gen. 50:20 And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.

P Ex. 4:11 And the Lord said to him [Moses], "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?"

Ex. 10:1-2 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them...that you may know that I am the Lord."

E Ex. 33:19 And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.

Num. 14:20-21 So the Lord said, "I have pardoned them according to your word [Ed., Moses is represented here as a foretype of Christ]; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord."

Deut. 2:30 For the Lord your God hardened his [the king’s] spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today."

E Deut. 7:6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

E Deut. 7:7-8 The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers....

E Deut. 9:6 Know then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.

E Deut. 9:24 You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.

E Deut. 9:29 Yet they are Thy people, even Thine inheritance whom Thou hast brought out by Thy great power and Thine outstretched arm.

E Deut. 18:5 For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons [the Levites] from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever.

E Deut. 29:4-6 Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. Yet I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the Lord your God.

E Deut. 30:6 Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.

Deut. 32:18 You neglected the Rock who begot you, and forgot the God who gave you birth.

P Deut. 32:39 See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; it is I who puts to death and gives life. I have wounded, and it is I who heals; and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

P Josh. 21:45 Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.

P 1 Sam. 2:6-7 The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. The Lord makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts.

E 1 Sam. 12:22 For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

E 2 Sam. 8:2 And he [David] defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. [Ed., A striking picture of God's choice and election!]

E 1 Chron. 28:4 Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my fathers to be king over Israel forever.

2 Chron. 18:33 And a certain man drew his bow at random [?!] and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor....And the battle raged that day...and at sunset he died.

2 Chron. 20:6 Power and might are in Thy hand so that no one can stand against Thee.

E 2 Chron. 29:11 My sons [the Levites], do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.

P Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom...

E Neh. 9:7 Thou art the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name Abraham.

E Neh. 11:1-2 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. [Ed., The Lord chooses; then you volunteer!]

P, E Esther 4:14 For if you [Esther] remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?

P Job 1:1 And Job said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

P Job 23:13-14 But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. For He performs what is appointed for me, and many such decrees are with Him.

P Job 42:2 I know that Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.

P, E Ps. 2:7,8 I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me [Ed., prophetically speaking of Jesus], “Thou art my Son. Today I have begotten Thee. Ask of Me [The Father] and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Thy possession. [Ed., Notice this prophecy will also be fulfilled for the overcomers who are in the Son. See Rev. 2:27]

P Ps. 16:6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

P, E Ps. 22:9-10 Yet Thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother's breasts. Upon Thee I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb.

P Ps. 22:27-28 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will worship before Thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and He rules over the nations.

Ps. 22:29 All the fat ones [Literally, proud ones] of the earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

E Ps. 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

P Ps. 33:14,15 From His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.

E Ps. 47:3,4 He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom He loves.

P Ps. 57:2 I will cry to God Most High, to God who accomplishes all things for me.

Ps. 65:2 To Thee all men (lit., all flesh) come.

E Ps. 65:4 How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near to Thee.

P Ps. 66:4 All the earth will worship Thee, and will sing praises to Thee; They will sing praises to Thy name.

Ps. 67:2,7 That Thy way may be known on the earth, Thy salvation among all nations. God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

Ps. 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captive Thy captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Ps. 72:11,19 And let all kings bow down before him, all nations serve Him...And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

Ps. 75:7 But God is the Judge; He puts down one, and exalts another.

P Ps. 86:9 All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify Thy name.

Ps. 100:3 Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Ps. 103:9,10 He will not always strive with us; nor will He keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

P Ps. 103:19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens; and His sovereignty rules over all.

P Ps. 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.

Ps. 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

Ps. 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain.

P Ps. 130:8 And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

P Ps. 135:6 Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in seas and in all deeps.

P Ps. 138:4 All the kings of the earth will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, when they have heard the words of Thy mouth. And they will sing of the ways of the Lord.

P Ps. 138:8 The Lord will accomplish what concerns me.

Ps. 139:7-12 Where can I go from Thy Spirit? Or where can I flee from Thy presence?

P Ps. 139:16 Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Thy book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.

Ps. 145:9 The Lord is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works.

P Ps. 145:10 All Thy works shall give thanks to Thee, O Lord, and Thy godly ones shall bless Thee.

Ps. 145:14 The Lord sustains all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.

Ps. 145:15 The eyes of all look to Thee, and Thou dost give them their food in due time.

Ps. 145:16 You dost open Thy hand, and dost satisfy the desire of every living thing.

P Ps. 145:21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord; and all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

P Ps. 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling His word.

Pr. 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

P, E Pr. 16:4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, even the wicked for the day of evil.

P Pr. 16:9 The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

P Pr. 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

P Pr. 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord will be established.

P Pr. 20:24 Man's steps are ordained by the Lord; how then can man understand his way?

P Pr. 21:1 The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Pr. 21:31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the Lord.

P Eccl. 3:14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear [be in awe of] Him.

P Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it.

P, E Isaiah 4:3 And it will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 9:7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace...from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

P Isaiah 10:5-7 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger and the staff in whose hands is My indignation. I send it against a godless nation....Yet it does not so intend nor does it plan so in its heart.

Isaiah 10:15 Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

P, E Isaiah 10:22 For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant within them will return; a destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

P Isaiah 11:9 They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

P Isaiah 14:24 The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand.

P Isaiah 14:27 For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?

P Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the Lord of hosts which He is purposing against them.

P Isaiah 22:11 But you did not depend on Him who made it, nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

P Isaiah 23:9 The Lord of hosts has planned it to defile the pride of all beauty, to despise all the honored of the earth.

P Isaiah 25: 7-8 And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, even the veil which is stretched over all nations. He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 26:9 For when the earth experiences Thy judgements, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. [Ed., The ultimate purpose of God’s judgements is to learn, not burn!]

P Isaiah 26:12 Lord, Thou wilt establish peace for us, since Thou hast also performed for us all our works,

Isaiah 27:3 I, the Lord, am its [the vineyard's] keeper; I water it every moment, lest anyone damage it; I guard it night and day.

P Isaiah 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

P Isaiah 43:13 Even from eternity I am He; and there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?

E Isaiah 43:20 Because I have given waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. The people whom I formed for Myself, will declare My praise.

E Isaiah 45:4-5 For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel My chosen one, I have called you [Cyrus, King of Persia] by your name. I have given you a title of honor though you have not known Me... I will gird you though you have not known Me. [Ed., Cyrus was an unbelieving Gentile ruler. Although sympathetic to the Israelites, by decree he helped restore all the other false deities to their renovated temples.]

P Isaiah 45:6,7 There is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well being and creating calamity [Lit.,"ra", evil]. I am the Lord who does all these.

Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands, and I ordained all their host.

E Isaiah 45:17 Israel has been saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated to all eternity.

P Isaiah 45:22,23 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness and will not turn back, that to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

P,E Isaiah 46:9-11 For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, "My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure"; calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it.

Isaiah 48:11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.

E Isaiah 48:12 Listen to me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

P Isaiah 53:6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.

Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings out a weapon for its work; and I have created the destroyer to ruin. No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper.

P Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be which goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

P,E Isaiah 57:17,18 Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid my face and was angry, and he went on turning away, in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners creating the praise of the lips.

Isaiah 59:15,16 Now the Lord saw, and it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice. And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him; and His righteousness upheld Him.

P,E Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people [all Israel] will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.

P Isaiah 60:22 The smallest one will become a clan, and the least one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.

Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Isaiah 63:17 Why, O Lord, dost Thou cause us to stray from Thy ways, and harden our heart from fearing Thee? Return for the sake of Thy servants, the tribes of Thy heritage.

E Isaiah 65:1 I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation which did not call on My name.

Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the Lord, Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? For My hand made all these things; thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.

P Isaiah 66:18,23 For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory..."All mankind [lit., all flesh] will come to bow down before Me, says the Lord.

P, E Jer. 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

P Jer. 4:28 Because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not change My mind [lit. be sorry], nor will I turn from it.

P Jer. 10:23 I know, O Lord, that a man's way is not in himself; Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

Jer. 16:21 Therefore behold, I am going to make them know--- This time I will make them know My power and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord.

Jer. 18:11 Thus says the Lord, "I am fashioning evil [Heb. "ra"] against you [His chosen people] and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds." [Ed., God uses evil for the purpose of helping initiate reform.]

P, E Jer. 23:3 Then I Myself shall gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and shall bring them back to their pasture; and they will be fruitful and multiply.

Jer. 23:24 "Can a man hide himself in hiding places, so I do not see him?" declares the Lord. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the Lord.

P,E Jer. 24:7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

E Jer. 27:5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.

P Jer. 29:11,12 "For I know the plans that I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope." Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you..."

E Jer. 31:1,3 "At that time," declares the Lord, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."..."I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness."

E Jer. 31:33 "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the Lord. "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Jer. 31:34 And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the Lord, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

Jer. 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?

Jer. 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear [awe] of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.

E Jer. 46:28 For I shall make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you [Israel], yet I shall not make a full end of you; But I shall correct you properly and by no means leave you unpunished. [Ed., God's punishments are always for correction, and are therefore remedial, not vindictive.]

P Jer. 51:12 For the Lord has both purposed and performed what He spoke concerning the inhabitants...

P Lam. 2:17 The Lord has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word which He commanded from days of old.

Lam. 3:31 For the Lord will not reject forever, for if He causes grief, then He will have compassion according to His abundant lovingkindness.

P Lam. 3:37-39 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and evil go forth? Why should any living mortal, or any man, offer complaint in view of his sins?

Ezekiel 7:9 I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.

P Ezekiel 12:25 For I the Lord shall speak, and whatever word I speak will be performed.

P Ezekiel 20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.

P Ezekiel 24:14 I, the Lord, have spoken; it is coming and I shall act.

P, E Ezek. 36:22-27 Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went...Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

E Ezekiel 36:31-32 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations. I am not doing this for your sake," declares the Lord God, "let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!".

Ezekiel 37:5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones, "Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life." [Ed., This points to Jesus saying, “I am the resurrection and the life.” (Jn. 11:25) Also Paul states, “And even when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions. (Col. 2:13; Ephes. 2:4,5)]

Ezekiel 37:14 And I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it," declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 38:23 And I shall magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord. [Ed., This phrase is used literally dozens of times through out Ezekiel and through out all of scripture. It is the basis for all of God's sovereign dealings with man, and reveals His ultimate goal and intention: "...that I may know Him..." (Phil 3:10). "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent." (Jn 17:3)]

P, E Daniel 2: 21 And it is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men, and knowledge to men of understanding.

P Daniel 2:44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

Daniel 4:3 How great are His signs, and how great are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

P Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the Host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, "What hast Thou done."

P Daniel 5:23 But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and your ways, you have not glorified.

Daniel 7:13,14 I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:27 Then the sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.

P Daniel 11:36 For that which is decreed will be done.

E Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. O death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting?

Hosea 14:4 I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from them.

P,E Joel 2:26-32 And you shall have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; then My people will never be put to shame. Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God and there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. And it will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions…For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.

P Amos 3:6-8 If calamity [lit. "ra", evil] occurs in a city has not the Lord done it? Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness and treads on the high places of the earth, The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Jonah 2:9 Salvation is from the Lord.

E Micah4:6-7 In that day, declares the Lord, I will assemble the lame, and gather the outcasts, even those whom I have afflicted. I will make the lame a remnant, and the outcasts a strong nation, and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from now on and forever.

P,E Micah 5:2 But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.

Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like Thee, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. Yes, Thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt give truth to Jacob and unchanging love to Abraham, which Thou didst swear to our forefathers from the days of old.

Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

E Hab. 3:12-13 In indignation Thou didst march through the earth; in anger Thou didst trample (thresh) the nations. Thou didst go forth for the salvation of Thy people, for the salvation of Thine anointed. Thou didst strike the head of the house of the evil to lay him open from thigh to neck.

Hab. 3:19 The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds' feet, and makes me walk on high places.

P Zeph. 2:11 The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, every one from his own place.

Zeph. 3:8-9 Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them My indignation, all My burning anger; for all the earth will be devoured by the fire of My zeal. For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him shoulder to shoulder. [Ed., Note that the purpose of God's fire and indignation is for purification, that is, “…though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.” (I Peter 4:6)]

Haggai 2:6-7 For thus says the Lord of hosts, "Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. And I will shake all the nations; and they will come with all the wealth of the nations; and I will fill this house with glory," says the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:21-22 I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. And I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword of another.

P Zech 2:10-11 Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. And many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

E Zech 3:1-4 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. And he spoke and said to those who were standing before him saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." Again he said to him, "See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes."

E Zech 4:6-7 Then he answered and said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord or hosts. 'What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"

P,E Zech 8:12-13 And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. And it will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear. Let your hands be strong.

Zech 9:10 And He will speak peace to the nations; and His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River [i.e., the Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

Zech 14:8-9 And it will come about in that day that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be one, and His name one. [some trans. Add, "the only one".]

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

 

New Testament Passages

P Mt. 10:29,30 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs on your head are numbered. (NIV)

E Mt. 11:25-27 And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

E Mt. 13:11 To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been granted.

E Mt. 15:13 Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.

P Mt. 18:14 Thus it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

E Mt. 19:11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it has been given. (NIV)

Mt. 19:26 With man this [salvation] is impossible, but with God all things are possible. (NIV)

P,E Mt. 20:23 This is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.

E Mt. 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

E Mt. 24:22 But for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.

P Mt. 26:54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way? (NIV)

E Mk. 4:10-12 To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but those who are outside get everything in parables.… lest they return again and be forgiven.

E Mk. 13:20 But for the sake of the elect whom He chose, He shortened the days.

P Lk. 1:20 And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their proper time.”

E Lk. 8:10 To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

E Lk. 10:21-22 No one knows who the Father is except the Son...and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

Lk. 18:26,27 Those who heard this asked, ”Who then can be saved?” Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.” (NIV)

Lk. 20:38 For all live to Him.

P,E Jn. 1:12-13 Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of [the will of] God.

E Jn. 3:27 A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

E Jn. 5:21 The Son also gives life to whom He wishes [Greek: wills]

Jn. 5:25 The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.

E Jn. 6:37 All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me.

E Jn. 6:39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

E Jn. 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.

E Jn. 6:65 For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.

Jn. 8:36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

Jn. 8:43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

Jn. 10:16 I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd.

Jn. 10:27-28 And I give eternal life to them [my sheep], and they shall never perish and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

Jn. 11:43 He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." He who had died came forth....

Jn. 12:32 And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to Myself.

Jn. 12:39-40 For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, "He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart; lest they see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them."

E Jn. 13:18 I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen.

E Jn. 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain.

E Jn 15:19 But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

E Jn. 17:2 Even as Thou gavest Him authority over all mankind, that to all whom Thou hast given Him, He may give eternal life.

E Jn. 17:6 I manifested Thy name to the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world.

E Jn. 17:9 I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine.

Jn. 19:11 You would have no authority over me, unless it had been given you from above.

E Acts 1:2 After he had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen.

P Acts 1:16 Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David…

P Acts 2:23 This Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and the foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men....

E Acts 2:39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself.

Acts 3:26 ...and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.

P Acts 4:27,28 For truly in this city there were gathered together against Thy holy servant Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Thy hand and Thy purpose predestined to occur.

Acts 5:31 He is the One whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. [Ed. He grants the repentance as well as the forgiveness.]

E Acts 9:15 For he [Paul] is a chosen instrument of Mine to bear My name before the Gentiles....

P,E Acts 10:40-41 God raised Him up on the third day, and granted that He should become visible, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God.

Acts 11:18 God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life. [Ed., Again, repentance is granted by God.]

P,E Acts 13:48 And as many as had been appointed [ordained] to eternal life believed.

E Acts 15:7 In the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth [Peter’s] the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

Acts 15:9 And He made no distinction between us [Jews] and them [Gentiles], cleansing their hearts by faith. [Ed., God cleanses the heart, and He does so by granting us faith.]

Acts 15:11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.

E Acts 16:14 And the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

P Acts 17:26-28 And He made from one, every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their habitation...for in Him we live and move and are.

Acts 17:30 Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent.

Acts 18:27 On arriving, he [Paul] was a great help to those who by grace had believed. (NIV) [Ed.. No one can believe apart from receiving God’s sovereign grace.]

P Acts 22:10 Arise and go on into Damascus; and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.

E Acts 22:14 The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

Rom. 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Rom. 3:23-24 For all have sinned and fall short [Greek present tense: are sinning and falling short] of the glory of God, being justified [Greek present passive tense] as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

E Rom. 4:17 Even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

Rom. 4:21 And being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

Rom. 5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Rom. 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Rom. 5:10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Rom. 5:15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one [Adam] the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

Rom. 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

Rom. 5:19 For as through the one man's [Adam's] disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Rom. 5:20 And the law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.

Rom. 5:19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

P Rom. 8:20-21 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

P,E Rom. 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

P,E Rom. 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren;

P,E Rom. 8:30 And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Rom. 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us who is against us?

E Rom. 8:33 Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies.

E Rom. 9:11 For though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls...

E Rom. 9:16 So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

E Rom. 9:18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

Rom. 9:19 You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?

P Rom. 9:20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it?

P,E Rom. 9:21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

P Rom. 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

P,E Rom. 9:23 In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

E Rom. 9:24 Even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

E Rom. 9:27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved.

E Rom. 11:5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice [Lit., God's choice of grace.]

P,E Rom. 11:26 And thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, and He will remove ungodliness from Jacob."

Rom. 11:27 "And this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins."

E Rom. 11:28 From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

E Rom. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Rom. 11:32 For God has shut up all men in disobedience that He may show mercy to all.

Rom. 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and unfathomable His ways!

Rom. 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Rom. 14:4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

E 1 Cor. 1:1 Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God....

E 1 Cor. 1:27-29 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise….that no man should boast before God.

E 1 Cor. 1:30 But by His doing (Lit., of Him) you are in Christ Jesus....

E 1 Cor. 4:7 For who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not receive?

1 Cor. 9: 16-17 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

1 Cor. 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

1 Cor. 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

2 Cor. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God....

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

2 Cor. 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died.

E 2 Cor. 5:17-19 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold new things have come. Now all these things are from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed (Lit., placed in us) the word of reconciliation.

2 Cor. 7:9 For you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, in order that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

2 Cor. 7:10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but sorrow of the world produces death.

2 Cor. 8:5 But they [the saints in Macedonia] first gave them

elves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Gal. 1:4 Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

P,E Gal. 1:15-16 But when He who had set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me....

P Gal. 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ”All the nations shall be blessed in you.”

E Gal. 4:9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God.

Gal. 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free....

E Eph. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God....

P,E Eph. 1:4 Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world....

P,E Eph. 1:5-6 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace....

P Eph. 1:9-10 And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ to put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment–to bring all things in heaven and on earth together [the summing up of all things, NAS] under one head, even Christ. [NIV]

P Eph. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will.

P,E Eph. 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

E Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that [faith] not of yourselves, it is a gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

P Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

P Eph. 3:11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose [Lit., purpose of the ages] which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Eph. 4:6 One God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

Eph. 4:10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

P Phil. 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

E Phil. 1:29 For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.

P Phil. 2:9-11 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. [See Isaiah 45:22-23 for original context!]

Phil. 2:12-13 Work out [Strong’s concordance: effect or engage in] your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Phil. 3:21 Who will transform our lowly body into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

E Col. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God....

Col. 1:13 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love.

Col. 1:15 And He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of [Greek, protokos: prior to and sovereign over] all creation.

P Col. 1:16-18 For in Him all things were created....all things have been created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together....so that He Himself might come to have first place [i.e., pre-eminence] in all things.

Col. 1:19-20 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fulness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Col. 2:13 And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions.

Col. 3:11 Christ is all, and in all.

E Col. 3:12 And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness…

E 1 Thess. 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;

P 1 Thess. 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

P,E 1 Thess. 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

P,E 2 Thess. 2:13 God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

E 1 Tim. 1:1 Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the command of God our Savior....

1 Tim. 1:13-14 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. And yet I was shown mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. [Ed., If the prerequisite for mercy is ignorance and unbelief, then who will fail to qualify? Also, note that both faith and love are found only in Christ. Not until we find Christ, or more correctly, only when He finds us, do we find faith and real love.]

1 Tim. 2:4 Who desires [who will have, KJV] all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

E 1 Tim. 4:10 For it is this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially [Greek, malista: most of all] of believers.

2 Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God....

P,E 2 Tim. 1:9 Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity.

2 Tim. 2:25,26 With gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses [Ed., see the Prodigal Son story, lit. “he came to himself” (Luke 15:17)] and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

P 2 Tim. 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

E Titus 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God....

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men.

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy....

Heb. 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in subjecting all things to Him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him.

Heb. 2:9 That by the grace of God He might taste death for every one.

Heb. 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

P,E Heb. 6:17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath.

P Heb. 8:8-12 "Behold days are coming", says the Lord, "when I will effect a new covenant....I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people....for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." [Ed., The new covenant prophesied by Jeremiah]

Heb. 9:26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the completion of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Heb. 12:2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…

James 1:18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among His creatures.

James 2:13 Mercy triumphs over judgment.

E 1 Peter 1:1 Peter...to those...who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father....

P, E 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.

1 Peter1:20-21 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you who through Him are believers in God.

E 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

E 1 Peter 3:9 For you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead [i.e., the disobedient spirits in prison from the days of Noah (Pet 3:18-20)], that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.

P, E 1 Peter 5:10 And after you have suffered for a little, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

1 Peter 5:12 I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

E 2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you;

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not purposing [Greek, boulema: resolving (Ed., as opposed to wishing or desiring)] for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

1 John 4:14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

E Jude 1:1 Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy....

Rev. 1:17,18 I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead , and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Rev. 5:13 And every created thing [Greek: every creature] which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying [i.e., worshiping], "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."

P, E Rev. 13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship him [the beast], every one whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.

P Rev. 15:3-4 Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Thy ways, Thou King of the nations. Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? [Ed., The answer implied is “none.”] For Thou alone art holy; For all the nations will come and worship before Thee, for Thy righteous acts have been revealed."

P,E Rev. 17:14 And those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.

P Rev. 17:17 For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.

P Rev. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

[Ed., An attempt has been made to include the most prominent scriptures concerning the sovereignty of God over all His creation. More are being added as they are discovered. There are also many others too numerous to mention which were not included because of repetition or the close similarity with those already listed.]

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