100 Bible Verses about Destiny (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about destiny, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Habakkuk 2:3 KJV

³For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Psalm 138:8 KJV

⁸The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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Isaiah 55:11 KJV

¹¹So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Proverbs 16:3 KJV

³Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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Romans 8:29 KJV

²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Jeremiah 17:10 KJV

¹⁰I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Isaiah 46:10 KJV

¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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Proverbs 19:20 KJV

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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Jeremiah 29:11-14 KJV

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. ¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and …

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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1 Corinthians 2:7-9 KJV

⁷But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: ⁸Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. ⁹But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love …

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Ecclesiastes 6:10 KJV

¹⁰That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

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Proverbs 20:24 KJV

²⁴Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

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Revelation 20:12 KJV

¹²And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Numbers 23:19 KJV

¹⁹God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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1 Peter 2:8-9 KJV

⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. ⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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Psalm 37:37 KJV

³⁷Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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Ephesians 2:10 KJV

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Hebrews 11:7 KJV

⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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Galatians 6:7 KJV

⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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Ephesians 1:11 KJV

¹¹In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Philippians 1:6 KJV

⁶Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV

¹⁹I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

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James 2:24 KJV

²⁴Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

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Isaiah 54:17 KJV

¹⁷No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

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Galatians 3:27 KJV

²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Job 42:2 KJV

²I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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Philippians 3:13 KJV

¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

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2 Thessalonians 1:8 KJV

⁸In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Job 23:14 KJV

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Matthew 19:28 KJV

²⁸And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Psalm 90:12 KJV

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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John 6:37 KJV

³⁷All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

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James 1:27 KJV

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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John 1:1-51 KJV

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it …

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James 1:4 KJV

⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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Hosea 13:14 KJV

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Romans 3:4 KJV

⁴God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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Ecclesiastes 9:11 KJV

¹¹I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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Romans 12:1-21 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. ³For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man …

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Romans 8:28-29 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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1 Peter 5:10 KJV

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

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Romans 8:30 KJV

³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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Philippians 3:18-21 KJV

¹⁸(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: ¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) ²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: ²¹Who shall …

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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James 2:18 KJV

¹⁸Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

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Ephesians 2:8 KJV

⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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Proverbs 21:1 KJV

¹The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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2 Peter 2:4 KJV

⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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Isaiah 43:16-19 KJV

¹⁶Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; ¹⁷Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. ¹⁸Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. ¹⁹Behold, I will do a new thing; now …

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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1 Thessalonians 5:9 KJV

⁹For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Job 8:13 KJV

¹³So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

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Genesis 2:1-25 KJV

¹Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ²And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. ⁴These are the generations …

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1 Timothy 2:4 KJV

⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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John 4:34 KJV

³⁴Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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Mark 9:23 KJV

²³Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

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Matthew 16:25 KJV

²⁵For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

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Romans 11:29 KJV

²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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Micah 6:8 KJV

⁸He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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1 John 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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2 Peter 1:10-11 KJV

¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: ¹¹For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Mark 6:48 KJV

⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

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Acts 20:32 KJV

³²And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

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John 5:20 KJV

²⁰For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

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Jeremiah 51:20-23 KJV

²⁰Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; ²¹And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; ²²With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break …

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Acts 20:24 KJV

²⁴But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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John 14:2 KJV

²In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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Mark 4:11 KJV

¹¹And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

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Genesis 1:26 KJV

²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Daniel 4:35 KJV

³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

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Galatians 1:15 KJV

¹⁵But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

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1 Thessalonians 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore.

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Isaiah 65:11-12 KJV

¹¹But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. ¹²Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

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1 Corinthians 10:8 KJV

⁸Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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Job 20:29 KJV

²⁹This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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Hebrews 11:13 KJV

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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Romans 5:2 KJV

²By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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Acts 2:2 KJV

²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

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John 5:2 KJV

²Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

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2 Peter 3:3 KJV

³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

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Revelation 20:2 KJV

²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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Romans 8:2 KJV

²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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Hebrews 9:27 KJV

²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV

¹To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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Ephesians 1:1-23 KJV

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: ²Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ⁴According as he …

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Matthew 7:21-23 KJV

²¹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? ²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work …

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Psalm 138:1-8 KJV

¹I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. ²I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. ³In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. ⁴All the kings of the earth …

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