What Does the Bible Say About Willing?

Psalm 51:12 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:37 ESV / 14 helpful votes

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 13 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.

2 Corinthians 8:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Psalm 40:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Judges 18:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Titus 3:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

2 Corinthians 8:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.

2 Corinthians 8:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.

Matthew 16:24-26 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Ezekiel 36:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Romans 8:12-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Luke 14:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Titus 3:1-2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Philippians 2:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

Philippians 2:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

John 4:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Luke 22:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

Matthew 5:40-42 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Psalm 119:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.

Ezra 10:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it.”

Exodus 36:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.

1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

2 Corinthians 8:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 4 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 9:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Romans 8:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

Mark 9:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Matthew 24:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 18:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Jonah 2:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.

Jeremiah 14:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.

Isaiah 30:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling,

Proverbs 31:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Job 42:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Exodus 20:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.”

Titus 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Matthew 19:4-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Matthew 16:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

64 Bible Verses about Willing

Psalm 51:12 ESV / 47 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:37 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 8:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 40:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 18:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 8:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 8:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:24-26 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:11-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 36:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:12-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:1-2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Galatians 5:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 4:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 22:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:40-42 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 10:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 36:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 8:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 8:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 18:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 14:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 30:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 90:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 42:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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