100 Bible Verses about God's Will (KJV)

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

1 Peter 2:15 KJV

¹⁵For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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Matthew 6:10 KJV

¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV

¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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Ephesians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 KJV

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

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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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Proverbs 16:9 KJV

⁹A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

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Romans 12:1-2 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.

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John 7:17 KJV

¹⁷If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

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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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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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Hebrews 13:20-21 KJV

²⁰Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, ²¹Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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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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James 1:5 KJV

⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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John 6:40 KJV

⁴⁰And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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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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1 John 2:17 KJV

¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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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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John 6:38-40 KJV

³⁸For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. ³⁹And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. ⁴⁰And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him …

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Psalm 119:105 KJV

¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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John 6:44 KJV

⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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Proverbs 19:21 KJV

²¹There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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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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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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James 4:13-15 KJV

¹³Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: ¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. ¹⁵For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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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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John 1:12-13 KJV

¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: ¹³Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Psalm 37:4 KJV

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

¹⁴But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Romans 8:14 KJV

¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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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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Jeremiah 29:13 KJV

¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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1 Timothy 2:3-4 KJV

³For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 KJV

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: ⁴That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; ⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: ⁶That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger …

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Romans 8:28-30 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. ³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he …

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Luke 22:42 KJV

⁴²Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 18:14 KJV

¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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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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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

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

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Proverbs 16:3 KJV

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

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Proverbs 15:22 KJV

²²Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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Proverbs 11:14 KJV

¹⁴Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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Psalm 37:23 KJV

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

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Psalm 37:23-24 KJV

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. ²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

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Revelation 3:20 KJV

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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1 Peter 2:2 KJV

²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

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Galatians 5:16-17 KJV

¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV

³³For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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1 Corinthians 11:1 KJV

¹Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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1 Corinthians 4:7 KJV

⁷For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

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Romans 10:9-10 KJV

⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Romans 8:7 KJV

⁷Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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John 14:3 KJV

³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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Matthew 28:18-20 KJV

¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Proverbs 11:3 KJV

³The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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Deuteronomy 30:19-20 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: ²⁰That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to …

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Genesis 2:16-17 KJV

¹⁶And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV

¹And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …

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James 4:15 KJV

¹⁵For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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James 1:13-16 KJV

¹³Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: ¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. ¹⁵Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. ¹⁶Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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Hebrews 10:36 KJV

³⁶For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 KJV

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Ephesians 5:15-20 KJV

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, ¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; ¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and …

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Ephesians 2:1 KJV

¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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Galatians 5:13 KJV

¹³For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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Romans 13:2 KJV

²Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

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Romans 10:9 KJV

⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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Romans 10:2 KJV

²For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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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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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Mark 8:34 KJV

³⁴And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Ezekiel 18:30-32 KJV

³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. ³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? ³²For I have no pleasure in the death of …

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Proverbs 16:4 KJV

⁴The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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Proverbs 16:1 KJV

¹The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

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Psalm 143:10 KJV

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

¹⁴If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Joshua 24:15 KJV

¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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1 John 2:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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1 Peter 4:19 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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1 Peter 4:17 KJV

¹⁷For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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1 Peter 4:2 KJV

²That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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1 Peter 3:17 KJV

¹⁷For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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James 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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Hebrews 11:6 KJV

⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Titus 3:5 KJV

⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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2 Timothy 2:26 KJV

²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

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1 Timothy 2:2 KJV

²For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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1 Thessalonians 4:2 KJV

²For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

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Philippians 4:19 KJV

¹⁹But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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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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Ephesians 5:2 KJV

²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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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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