Bible Verses About Philosophy

He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth.

He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, yea thrice, with a man,

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: