Purpose

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.

From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.

Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

…according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

…then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.

For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.