Quotes About God

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.