The Attributes of God

Verses describing God’s character, such as His holiness, omnipotence, and omnipresence

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11 - "Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all."

  • Deuteronomy 32:4 - "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he."

  • Exodus 34:6-7 - "The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, 'The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty.'"

  • Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

  • Isaiah 6:3 - "And one called to another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!'"

  • Isaiah 40:28 - "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable."

  • Isaiah 46:9-10 - "Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.'"

  • Jeremiah 23:24 - "Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord."

  • Job 37:5 - "God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend."

  • Job 42:2 - "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted."

  • John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

  • John 4:24 - "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

  • Lamentations 3:22-23 - "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

  • Matthew 19:26 - "But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"

  • Numbers 23:19 - "God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?"

  • Psalm 18:30 - "This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him."

  • Psalm 33:6 - "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host."

  • Psalm 90:2 - "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God."

  • Psalm 139:7-10 - "Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me."

  • Revelation 1:8 - "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

  • Revelation 4:8 - "And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!'"

  • Romans 11:33-34 - "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 'For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?'"

  • 1 John 1:5 - "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

  • 1 John 4:8 - "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."