49 Bible Verses About Life’s Purpose

Here are 49 Bible verses about life’s purpose from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.

Job 12:10 KJV

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

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

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1 Corinthians 7:17 KJV

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

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Job 17:11 KJV

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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1 Peter 4:2 KJV

That 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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2 Corinthians 5:5 KJV

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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Isaiah 14:24 KJV

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

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John 15:13 KJV

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Galatians 5:25 KJV

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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2 Timothy 3:10 KJV

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

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Luke 12:23 KJV

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

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Isaiah 14:27 KJV

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

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Philippians 3:14 KJV

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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Ephesians 2:10 KJV

For 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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Proverbs 19:21 KJV

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

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1 Peter 1:9 KJV

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV

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

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Acts 13:36 KJV

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

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Exodus 9:16 KJV

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

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Proverbs 10:27 KJV

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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Job 42:2 KJV

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

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Ephesians 1:11 KJV

In 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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Jeremiah 32:39 KJV

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

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Romans 8:28 KJV

And 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 20:31 KJV

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

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John 5:26 KJV

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV

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

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Philippians 2:2 KJV

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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Philippians 1:27 KJV

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

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2 Timothy 1:1 KJV

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

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Romans 14:9 KJV

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

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John 6:57 KJV

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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Proverbs 3:2 KJV

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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Colossians 3:3 KJV

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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Philippians 2:13 KJV

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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John 14:6 KJV

Jesus 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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Proverbs 16:4 KJV

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

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Romans 8:2 KJV

For 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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Ecclesiastes 8:6 KJV

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

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Isaiah 46:10 KJV

Declaring 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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Philippians 2:16 KJV

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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Philippians 1:21 KJV

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Job 27:3 KJV

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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2 Timothy 1:9 KJV

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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1 Timothy 2:6 KJV

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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Romans 8:1 KJV

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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1 Peter 2:21 KJV

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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John 10:10 KJV

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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