54 Bible Verses About God's Omniscience
Bible verses about God's Omniscience
Reflecting on God's omniscience, His all-knowing nature, is a deeply humbling and profoundly comforting experience. Scripture reveals that He sees beyond our present circumstances, understanding our thoughts, motives, and the very fabric of our being. Exploring these verses allows us to surrender to a God who anticipates our needs and intricately weaves our lives into His divine plan. Understanding God's omniscience fosters trust, knowing that nothing is hidden from His loving gaze. It invites us to live with authenticity, seeking His guidance, and finding solace in the assurance that we are known, loved, and eternally held in His infinite wisdom.
Featured Verse
Psalms 10:13 (KJV)
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
God Knows All: Exploring His Omniscience in Scripture
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Understanding God's omniscience, as revealed through these verses, offers profound comfort and humbling perspective. Knowing that He perceives our thoughts, actions, and deepest needs before we even articulate them assures us we are never truly alone, unseen, or uncared for. These scriptures remind us that our lives are lived before a God who comprehends the totality of our existence, both triumphs and failures. Reflecting on God's all-knowing nature encourages us toward greater authenticity in prayer, deeper integrity in our actions, and unwavering trust in His plans, even when they remain obscured. Embrace the liberating truth of God's omniscience, allowing it to shape your life with purpose, dependence, and a profound sense of peace.