100 Bible Verses About Sovereignty

Bible verses about Sovereignty

Delving into the Bible's teachings on God's sovereignty is an invitation to profound peace and unwavering trust. Understanding that God is ultimately in control, reigning over all creation with perfect wisdom and love, allows us to release our anxieties and embrace His divine plan. Scripture reveals that even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, God's sovereign hand guides and protects. Exploring these verses offers solace, strengthens faith, and empowers us to live with purpose, knowing that we are held securely in the embrace of an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving God. Let these scriptures illuminate your understanding and deepen your relationship with the Sovereign Lord.

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Psalms 105:7 (KJV)

He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

God's Sovereignty: Bible Verses Exploring His Reign

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

Psalms 61:6KJV

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Isaiah 45:9KJV

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalms 35:23KJV

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Joshua 9:25KJV

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

1 Samuel 10:20KJV

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Isaiah 42:15KJV

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 27:8KJV

Every raven after his kind;

Leviticus 11:15KJV

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah 40:5KJV

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Psalms 115:3KJV

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

Proverbs 3:19KJV

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

Psalms 78:26KJV

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 89:42KJV

For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

Deuteronomy 32:36KJV

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

Deuteronomy 11:2KJV

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14KJV

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Psalms 67:7KJV

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

1 Kings 14:7KJV

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

Numbers 34:12KJV

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

Exodus 15:7KJV

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Isaiah 49:4KJV

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

Isaiah 22:17KJV

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Psalms 119:75KJV

This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

Isaiah 16:13KJV

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 42:4KJV

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

1 Samuel 25:30KJV

Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Isaiah 7:7KJV

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

Psalms 106:22KJV

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

2 Samuel 22:10KJV

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

Isaiah 7:13KJV

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Psalms 97:5KJV

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Psalms 62:5KJV

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Numbers 24:23KJV

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

Isaiah 10:8KJV

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

Psalms 102:19KJV

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

Psalms 94:1KJV

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Job 37:7KJV

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:3KJV

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

Isaiah 14:26KJV

Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1 Kings 1:35KJV

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:6KJV

The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

Psalms 99:2KJV

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Song of Solomon 7:5KJV

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job 26:14KJV

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 28:52KJV

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

2 Kings 16:1KJV

The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Psalms 10:16KJV

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Deuteronomy 11:24KJV

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

1 Kings 1:36KJV

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Psalms 44:4KJV

For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Exodus 17:16KJV

And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

Exodus 8:30KJV

And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.

Exodus 9:4KJV

I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Psalms 71:16KJV

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

Psalms 110:5KJV

And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Samuel 14:10KJV

Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Isaiah 66:1KJV

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:18KJV

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Psalms 138:8KJV

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

Isaiah 63:5KJV

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 26:19KJV

Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

Psalms 24:8KJV

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

Genesis 42:28KJV

Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

2 Samuel 7:18KJV

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isaiah 10:14KJV

So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Psalms 102:15KJV

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psalms 68:20KJV

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

1 Kings 3:24KJV

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Job 29:25KJV

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

1 Kings 2:36KJV

For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Joshua 23:9KJV

So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

2 Samuel 3:9KJV

And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

2 Chronicles 34:23KJV

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

2 Kings 18:35KJV

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Psalms 89:8KJV

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalms 145:3KJV

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

Isaiah 43:15KJV

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

2 Samuel 14:8KJV

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:23KJV

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

2 Samuel 16:11KJV

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Isaiah 59:16KJV

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Job 37:4KJV

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Isaiah 34:17KJV

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Psalms 103:6KJV

The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

Deuteronomy 7:7KJV

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalms 110:1KJV

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,

1 Kings 20:2KJV

Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

Isaiah 43:14KJV

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Psalms 76:6KJV

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

Isaiah 7:12KJV

This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

Psalms 118:23KJV

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Isaiah 33:17KJV

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Psalms 103:20KJV

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Psalms 76:10KJV

He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

Psalms 105:7KJV

And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Psalms 136:18KJV

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Exodus 14:8KJV

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

Psalms 48:4KJV

The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

Psalms 29:10KJV

O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isaiah 26:13KJV

Understanding God's sovereignty through scripture offers immense comfort and direction. These verses, highlighting His supreme authority and control over all creation and human affairs, remind us that even amidst chaos, His plan prevails. Reflecting on God's sovereignty encourages us to trust in His wisdom, even when circumstances are unclear or challenging. It calls for humility, recognizing our limited perspective compared to His infinite knowledge. Embracing this truth allows us to relinquish control, surrender our worries, and find peace in knowing that a loving and all-powerful God is ultimately in charge. This understanding should inspire us to live with hope, courage, and a deep sense of purpose, knowing that our lives are interwoven into His grand design.