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100 Bible Verses about God Is In Control

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 7,071 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 7,064 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 6,222 helpful votes

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5,274 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 5,135 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 5,100 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 5,054 helpful votes

The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 4,680 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 4,513 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Psalm 115:3 ESV / 4,471 helpful votes

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 4,459 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 4,184 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Isaiah 14:24 ESV / 4,143 helpful votes

The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 4,088 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 45:6-7 ESV / 3,970 helpful votes

That people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Psalm 22:28 ESV / 3,903 helpful votes

For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.

Psalm 94:19 ESV / 3,709 helpful votes

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Proverbs 21:1 ESV / 3,703 helpful votes

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 3,658 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

John 14:27 ESV / 3,647 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Isaiah 45:7 ESV / 3,611 helpful votes

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 3,511 helpful votes

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 3,470 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Isaiah 55:8-11 ESV / 3,217 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Job 12:10 ESV / 3,083 helpful votes

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Luke 12:22-26 ESV / 2,884 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

1 John 4:18 ESV / 2,500 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 2,390 helpful votes

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Revelation 1:17 ESV / 2,347 helpful votes

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 2,237 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Job 42:2 ESV / 2,225 helpful votes

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2,219 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 2,182 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

John 16:33 ESV / 2,161 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 ESV / 2,152 helpful votes

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. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

1 Timothy 6:15 ESV / 2,140 helpful votes

Which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 2,126 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2,068 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

2 Chronicles 20:6 ESV / 2,062 helpful votes

And said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2,026 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 1,955 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 1,949 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Genesis 50:20 ESV / 1,931 helpful votes

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Psalm 135:6 ESV / 1,917 helpful votes

Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 1,899 helpful votes

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.

Jeremiah 32:27 ESV / 1,857 helpful votes

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?

Amos 3:6 ESV / 1,853 helpful votes

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?

Daniel 4:35 ESV / 1,847 helpful votes

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Psalm 118:6-7 ESV / 1,827 helpful votes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? The Lord is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

Matthew 10:29 ESV / 1,806 helpful votes

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

Psalm 34:7 ESV / 1,797 helpful votes

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 1,790 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 103:19 ESV / 1,779 helpful votes

The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 1,735 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 1,670 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Proverbs 16:33 ESV / 1,652 helpful votes

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 1,607 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 1,591 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

Isaiah 35:4 ESV / 1,576 helpful votes

Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”

Isaiah 14:27 ESV / 1,557 helpful votes

For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 1,520 helpful votes

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Isaiah 43:1 ESV / 1,499 helpful votes

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

Mark 6:50 ESV / 1,479 helpful votes

For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

Lamentations 3:37 ESV / 1,451 helpful votes

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 1,444 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Mark 5:36 ESV / 1,417 helpful votes

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

Psalm 66:7 ESV / 1,414 helpful votes

Who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

Ephesians 1:11-12 ESV / 1,405 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

1 Peter 3:14 ESV / 1,393 helpful votes

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1,356 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 34:4 ESV / 1,351 helpful votes

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 91:4 ESV / 1,345 helpful votes

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

2 Timothy 1:6 ESV / 1,341 helpful votes

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

Romans 13:1 ESV / 1,332 helpful votes

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 1,296 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Isaiah 41:2 ESV / 1,290 helpful votes

Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 1,256 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 1,239 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 1,224 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 1,201 helpful votes

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 1,192 helpful votes

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

John 19:11 ESV / 1,186 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

Isaiah 43:9 ESV / 1,144 helpful votes

All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.

John 14:5 ESV / 1,141 helpful votes

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 1,126 helpful votes

Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

John 13:7 ESV / 1,102 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1,087 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

1 Chronicles 29:12 ESV / 1,059 helpful votes

Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 1,058 helpful votes

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 984 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

John 6:37 ESV / 981 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 961 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 947 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Jonah 1:4 ESV / 898 helpful votes

But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

James 1:13 ESV / 830 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 763 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 717 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Ephesians 1:1-23 ESV / 657 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, ...

Romans 9:21 ESV / 640 helpful votes

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

2 Peter 3:2 ESV / 582 helpful votes

That you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

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