Bible Verses About Foreknowledge
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for foreknowledge, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 241 votes, led by Jeremiah 1:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Foreknowledge
Jeremiah 1:528 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Romans 8:29-3025 votes
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
1 Peter 1:2020 votes
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Ephesians 1:419 votes
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Acts 2:2318 votes
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Ephesians 1:518 votes
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Psalms 139:415 votes
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Isaiah 46:1015 votes
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Jeremiah 29:1113 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
1 Peter 1:1-213 votes
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter 1:213 votes
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Isaiah 41:412 votes
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Ephesians 2:1011 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Revelation 13:811 votes
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Romans 8:2910 votes
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
What does the Bible say about foreknowledge?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 1:5 on the subject of foreknowledge. Across 241 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 8:29-30, 1 Peter 1:20, Ephesians 1:4. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.