Quotes About Purpose

I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

For he has said, ëIt profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.í

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

For you ask, ëWhat does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?í

If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.