What Does the Bible Say About Understanding God?

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Jeremiah 9:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

John 1:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

John 5:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. ...

Acts 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

John 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 6:65 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

James 4:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...

34 Bible Verses about Understanding God

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 5:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:65 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Understanding God

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1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 5:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:65 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote