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Bible Verses about “following the will of god”

The Bible contains 50 verses about following the will of god across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Ephesians 6:12
746 votes

“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

James 1:12
489 votes

“Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.”

1 John 2:17
474 votes

“The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.”

Hebrews 10:25
473 votes

“not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.”

Matthew 6:13
413 votes

“Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'”

Matthew 6:12
390 votes

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

Matthew 6:10
387 votes

“Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.”

Matthew 6:11
382 votes

“Give us today our daily bread.”

Matthew 6:9
375 votes

“Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.”

Matthew 7:21
317 votes

“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

1 John 2:4
295 votes

“One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.”

Hebrews 10:26
282 votes

“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,”

James 1:13
276 votes

“Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.”

Hebrews 10:24
248 votes

“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,”

1 John 2:3
241 votes

“This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.”

John 6:56
210 votes

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.”

John 6:55
208 votes

“For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

1 Peter 3:18
206 votes

“Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;”

1 Peter 3:21
204 votes

“This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

John 6:58
193 votes

“This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."”

John 6:57
190 votes

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.”

John 6:53
188 votes

“Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.”

James 2:24
186 votes

“You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.”

John 6:50
182 votes

“This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.”

John 6:54
177 votes

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

1 Peter 3:20
175 votes

“who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.”

1 Peter 3:19
172 votes

“in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,”

Matthew 16:18
171 votes

“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”

John 6:63
171 votes

“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

John 6:59
170 votes

“He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.”

1 Peter 3:22
170 votes

“who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.”

John 6:70
167 votes

“Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"”

John 6:51
158 votes

“I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."”

John 6:71
158 votes

“Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.”

John 6:67
157 votes

“Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"”

John 6:68
157 votes

“Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

John 6:69
157 votes

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."”

James 2:20
150 votes

“But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?”

Romans 2:8
146 votes

“but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,”

John 6:64
142 votes

“But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.”

James 2:23
142 votes

“and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.”

John 6:65
140 votes

“He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."”

John 6:60
139 votes

“Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"”

John 6:61
139 votes

“But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?”

John 6:62
139 votes

“Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?”

James 2:21
138 votes

“Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?”

John 6:66
136 votes

“At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

James 2:22
135 votes

“You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;”

James 4:15
135 votes

“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”

John 6:52
133 votes

“The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"”

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