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The Will of God

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture Reference · NKJV

The Will of God

30 verses16 books8 themes

The Will of God

Understanding and Living in God's Divine Purpose

This study explores what the Bible says about the will of God, how to discern it, and how to live a life that aligns with His perfect plan.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Summary by Book

Old Testament

Proverbs

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Proverbs 3:5-6
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 16:9
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A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.

Psalms

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Psalm 32:8
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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Psalm 37:4
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Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:23
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The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.

Psalm 119:105
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Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

Psalm 40:8
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I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.

Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 29:11
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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:12
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Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Joshua

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Joshua 24:24
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And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”

Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 36:26
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I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

New Testament

Romans

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Romans 12:2
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And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

1 Peter

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1 Peter 2:15
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For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—

1 Thessalonians

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1 Thessalonians 4:3
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For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;

1 Thessalonians 5:18
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in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

James

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James 1:5-6
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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

James 1:22
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Matthew

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Matthew 7:7
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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 6:10
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Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Luke

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Luke 11:9
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So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

John

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John 14:23
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Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”

John 14:16
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And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

John 7:17
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If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

John 6:38
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For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 6:40
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And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Ephesians

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Ephesians 5:17
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Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 1:9-10
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having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

Hebrews

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Hebrews 10:36
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For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

1 John

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1 John 2:17
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And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Colossians

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Colossians 1:9
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For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Thematic Index

Discerning God's Will

Doing God's Will

God's Will for Our Sanctification

God's Will for Our Thanksgiving

God's Sovereign Plan

Seeking and Finding God

God's Will and Eternal Life

Prayer and the Holy Spirit

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.