‘Who is God?’ Is probably the most important question you can ask, and it’s a very normal thing to think about…
We know He is our Creator… but what is He really like? And how do we know He really cares about us? Luckily, there are many verses in the Bible describing God’s nature and character…
And some of the things we can be sure of due to God’s description of himself in the Bible are that:
- He is all loving
- He will never abandon us
- He is just
- He is the Triune God (1 God but 3 persons – The Father, The Son And The Holy Spirit)
Of course, there is much more He reveals to us about Himself as well… So to help you start to answer the question ‘Who is God?’ here are 48 Bible verses about God’s character…
Who is God? (Bible Verses)
Psalm 50:6
“And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.”
Exodus 3:13-14
“Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they should say to me: What is his name? what shall I say to them? God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.”
John 4:24
“God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.”
1 John 4:16
“And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
“Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.”
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.”
Genesis 16:13
“And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.”
Isaiah 40:23
“He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.”
John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Psalm 33:11-13
“The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.”
Deuteronomy 10:17-20
“Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes. He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment. And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.”
Revelation 21:3
“And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God.”
Romans 5:8-9
“But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time, Christ died for us; much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.”
Psalm 68:19-20
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.”
Psalm 23:1-3
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
Deuteronomy 7:9
“And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand generations”
2 Samuel 22:31-33
“God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him. Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God? God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.”
Job 12:7-10
“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee. Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell. Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.”
Titus 1:2
“Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world”
Deuteronomy 20:1-4
“If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy’s army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner: Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies, let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not: Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.”
Psalm 18:30
“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”
John 14:6
“Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.”
Colossians 1:16
“For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and in him.”
Luke 18:27
“He said to them: The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.”
1 Timothy 1:17
“Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Galatians 3:28
“There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
“And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul. After all the things aforesaid shall and thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hear his voice. Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not leave thee, nor altogether destroy thee, nor forget the covenant, by which he swore to thy fathers.”
Psalm 116:5
“Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.”
John 3:16-17
“For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.” [source]
Exodus 34:5-7
“And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord. And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true, Who keepest mercy unto thousands: who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grandchildren, unto the third and fourth generation.”
2 Samuel 22:32-34
“Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God? God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect. Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.”
Deuteronomy 32:4
“The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.”
Micah 7:18-19
“Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.”
Joshua 1:8-9
“Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it. Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.”
1 John 1:5
“And this is the declaration which we have heard from him, and declare unto you: That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.”
2 Chronicles 30:8-9
“Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you. For if you turn again to the Lord: your brethren, and children shall find mercy before their masters, that have led them away captive, and they shall return into this land: for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Psalm 84:11-12
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
Revelation 22:13
“I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
Matthew 6:26
“Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?”
Numbers 23:19
“God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfill?”
James 1:17
“Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.”
Matthew 28:19
“Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
Isaiah 41:10
“Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.”
Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is living and effectual, and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
1 John 4:7-9
“Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity. By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.”
Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.”
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