Bible Verses about โgods orderโ
The Bible contains 30 verses about gods order across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โWe know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.โ
โBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:โ
โLet all things be done decently and in order.โ
โas free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.โ
โwho his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.โ
โHonor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.โ
โTherefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;โ
โYou also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.โ
โFor this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:โ
โas newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,โ
โFor to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,โ
โor to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.โ
โPutting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,โ
โBeloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;โ
โfor God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,โ
โcoming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.โ
โServants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.โ
โFor what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.โ
โhaving good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.โ
โif indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:โ
โFor you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.โ
โwho in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.โ
โBecause it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."โ
โFor it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.โ
โWho, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;โ
โwho did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."โ
โand, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.โ
โFor you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,"โ
โFor as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.โ
โA man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.โ
