What Does the Bible Say About What God Wants You To Do?

1 John 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

James 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Mark 16:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...

Matthew 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Proverbs 30:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Deuteronomy 29:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not steal.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

28 Bible Verses about What God Wants You To Do

1 John 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 29:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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28 Bible Verses about What God Wants You To Do

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1 John 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 29:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote