God is Declared to Be
57 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
A Consuming Fire
- Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Compassionate
- 2 Kings 13:23 But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
Eternal
- Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Revelation 4:8–10 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” …
Faithful
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- 1 Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Glorious
- Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You — majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalm 145:5 the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
Good
- Psalm 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalm 119:68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Gracious
- Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Psalm 116:5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
Great
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- Psalm 86:10 For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
Holy
- Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
- Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Immortal
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:16 He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Immutable
- Psalm 102:26–27 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. …
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Incorruptible
- Romans 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Invisible
- Job 23:8–9 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. …
- John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- John 5:37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
- Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Jealous
- Joshua 24:19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Nahum 1:2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Just
- Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- Isaiah 45:21 Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Light
- Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- 1 John 1:5 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Long-Suffering
- Numbers 14:18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third …
- Micah 7:1 Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
Love
- 1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Merciful
- Exodus 34:6–7 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, …
- Psalm 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Most High
- Psalm 83:18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Acts 7:48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Omnipotent
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Exodus 6:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
Omnipresent
- Psalm 139:7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- Jeremiah 23:23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
Omniscient
- Psalm 139:1–6 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. …
- Proverbs 5:21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
Only-Wise
- Romans 16:27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Perfect
- Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Righteous
- Ezra 9:15 O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
- Psalm 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
True
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Unsearchable
- Job 11:7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 37:23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Upright
- Psalm 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalm 92:15 to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.