100 Bible Verses About Divine Providence
Bible verses about Divine Providence
Delve into the heart of God's unwavering care by exploring these scriptures on Divine Providence. Understanding this profound truth, that God actively guides and sustains all creation, offers immense comfort and strength. Through these verses, discover the breadth of His involvement in your life, from the smallest detail to the grand sweep of history. Grasping Divine Providence allows you to release fear, embrace faith, and rest in the assurance that you are held securely within His loving plan. Let these words illuminate your path, fostering a deeper trust in the Almighty and His perfect will.
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Deuteronomy 6:10 (KJV)
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
God's Guiding Hand: Bible Verses on Providence
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
The Bible verses explored here offer a compelling tapestry illustrating God's active and purposeful involvement in the world and individual lives. From assurances of provision and protection to examples of orchestrated events and answered prayers, these passages reveal a God who is not distant or detached, but intimately engaged in guiding and sustaining His creation. Reflecting upon these verses invites us to cultivate a deeper trust in God's sovereignty, even amidst uncertainty and hardship. Understanding Divine Providence encourages us to seek His wisdom and guidance in every aspect of life, knowing that He is working all things together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Embracing this truth can transform our perspective, replacing fear with faith and empowering us to live with hope and confidence in the unwavering care of a loving God.