What Does the Bible Say About When God Says No?

Matthew 7:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Genesis 17:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Deuteronomy 3:23-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“And I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying, ‘O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours? Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’ But the Lord was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘Enough from you; do not speak to me of this matter again.

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Romans 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 3 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.

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 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.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Isaiah 40:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 John 4:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

1 John 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

1 John 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Hebrews 9:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

34 Bible Verses about When God Says No

Matthew 7:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Genesis 17:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 3:23-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 9:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about When God Says No

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Genesis 17:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 7:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Genesis 17:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 3:23-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 9:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote