What Does the Bible Say About God Forbid?

Galatians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Romans 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Luke 20:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Romans 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

Romans 9:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

Numbers 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 8:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

Romans 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Numbers 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

Romans 9:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

28 Bible Verses about God Forbid

Galatians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 20:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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28 Bible Verses about God Forbid

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Galatians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 20:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 11:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote