100 Bible Verses about Who God Is

John 4:24 ESV / 502 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

1 John 4:8 ESV / 393 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

John 14:6 ESV / 361 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 22:13 ESV / 278 helpful votes

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

1 John 4:16 ESV / 262 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV / 236 helpful votes

“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 219 helpful votes

God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 190 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Luke 18:27 ESV / 189 helpful votes

But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 185 helpful votes

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Titus 1:2 ESV / 181 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV / 163 helpful votes

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

1 John 3:1-24 ESV / 161 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. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. ...

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 158 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 150 helpful votes

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 149 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 141 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.

John 1:1 ESV / 139 helpful votes

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

John 3:16 ESV / 133 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.

John 1:14 ESV / 116 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 8:24 ESV / 113 helpful votes

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 112 helpful votes

For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 104 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.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 101 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 99 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Exodus 34:6-7 ESV / 99 helpful votes

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

John 12:45 ESV / 97 helpful votes

And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 96 helpful votes

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

John 3:16-17 ESV / 92 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 27:1 ESV / 90 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?

1 John 5:9-10 ESV / 88 helpful votes

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

James 1:17 ESV / 88 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 88 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 44:6 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

Psalm 86:5 ESV / 82 helpful votes

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 76 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.”

1 John 1:5 ESV / 75 helpful votes

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 73 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,

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Romans 6:23 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Psalm 83:18 ESV / 71 helpful votes

That they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 70 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,

John 17:3 ESV / 70 helpful votes

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

2 Samuel 7:22 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Isaiah 40:28 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Ephesians 2:3-6 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 66 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.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 64 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 64 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 11:7 ESV / 62 helpful votes

For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

Psalm 145:9 ESV / 61 helpful votes

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 60 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.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 59 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 40:28-29 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 58 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Isaiah 57:15 ESV / 58 helpful votes

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Deuteronomy 33:27 ESV / 58 helpful votes

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’

Romans 8:28 ESV / 56 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.

Mark 10:18 ESV / 55 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 55 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.

Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 55 helpful votes

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 53 helpful votes

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 53 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Psalm 86:15 ESV / 53 helpful votes

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

John 20:28 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

Psalm 119:68 ESV / 52 helpful votes

You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 48 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.

Psalm 106:1 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Deuteronomy 4:35 ESV / 48 helpful votes

To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.

Isaiah 46:9 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 46 helpful votes

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,

Isaiah 44:24 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,

Psalm 50:10-12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 45 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

John 10:30-33 ESV / 44 helpful votes

I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

John 8:58 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 44 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 44 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Corinthians 1:9 ESV / 43 helpful votes

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

James 2:19 ESV / 41 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV / 41 helpful votes

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Psalm 136:1 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 18:30 ESV / 40 helpful votes

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Genesis 18:14 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 39 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.

Proverbs 3:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

Ephesians 4:6 ESV / 38 helpful votes

One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Revelation 1:17-18 ESV / 37 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, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 37 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

James 1:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 34 helpful votes

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Psalm 18:31 ESV / 32 helpful votes

For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?—

John 5:18 ESV / 30 helpful votes

This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 29 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.

Ephesians 3:1-21 ESV / 27 helpful votes

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. ...

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 27 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.

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