The Bible addresses free will across both Old and New Testaments. These verses are organized by biblical era — from the patriarchs to the apostles — letting Scripture speak for itself.
“If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."”
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
“Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.”
“Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.”
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.”
“For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.”
“Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.”
“"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!”
“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."”
“"Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."”
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.”
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.”
“Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."”
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
“Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."”
“But many who are first will be last; and the last first."”
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.”
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
“But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.”
“All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."”
“But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.”
“He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.”
“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
“So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."”
“"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”
“"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."”
“They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."”
“Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice!”
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
“"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."”
“In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.”
“Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.”
“Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
“But you are the same. Your years will have no end.”
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."”
“Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.”
“He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."”
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