Bible Verses About Decree
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for decree, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 711 votes, led by Job 22:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Decree
Job 22:28125 votes
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 2:763 votes
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Numbers 23:1948 votes
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
1 Thessalonians 4:16-1735 votes
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Revelation 19:11-1632 votes
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Proverbs 18:2119 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Deuteronomy 30:1618 votes
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Romans 8:2818 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Genesis 26:4-517 votes
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Deuteronomy 10:12-1317 votes
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Isaiah 10:117 votes
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Psalms 119:1-136:2615 votes
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Ezra 6:314 votes
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Ezekiel 18:2114 votes
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Revelation 1:114 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Exodus 15:1-26:3713 votes
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:2613 votes
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Leviticus 26:3-413 votes
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Deuteronomy 4:4013 votes
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 6:1713 votes
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
1 Kings 2:213 votes
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
1 Kings 2:313 votes
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Psalms 19:713 votes
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 119:213 votes
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:1413 votes
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
What does the Bible say about decree?
Readers most often cite Job 22:28 on the subject of decree. Across 711 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 2:7, Numbers 23:19, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.