God’s Character Bible Verses

The following Bible verses focus on who God is and what He’s like. God’s character Bible verses show that the Lord is perfect and good.

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God is Love

“God is love.” (1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16)

“For the Lord is good;
His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 100:5)

God is Righteous

“The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.” (Psalm 145:17-18)

“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5)

“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” (James 1:17)

God is Wise and Full of Knowledge

“Great is our God and abundant in strength;
His understanding is infinite.” (Psalm 147:5)

“It is He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.” (Jeremiah 10:12)

“You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.” (Psalm 139:2)

God is Powerful

“For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
‘I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.'” (Isaiah 57:15)

“Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.” (2 Chronicles 20:6)

“For the Lord Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.” (Psalm 47:2)

God is Desirable

“You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” (Psalm 16:11)

“One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.” (Psalm 27:4)

“Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.” (Psalm 40:5)

“Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.” (Psalm 43:4)

“Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4)

God is Perfect and Never Changes

“Your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48)

“Before the mountains were born
Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” (Psalm 90:2)

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

God is Life

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.'” (John 14:6)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” (John 1:1-5)

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