Bible Verses About Predestination

They helde his feete in the stockes, and he was laide in yrons,

Vntill his appointed time came, and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him.

The King sent and loosed him: euen the Ruler of the people deliuered him.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,

That he shoulde binde his princes vnto his will, and teach his Ancients wisedome.

For the Lord hath chosen Iaakob to himselfe, and Israel for his chiefe treasure.

The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.

Yet nowe heare, O Iaakob my seruant, and Israel, whom I haue chosen.

Thus sayeth the Lord, that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe: he wil helpe thee. Feare not, O Iaakob, my seruaunt, and thou righteous, whome I haue chosen.

And who is like me, that shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order before me, since I appointed the ancient people? and what is at hand, and what things are to come? let them shewe vnto them.

Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.

I haue loued you, sayth the Lord: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob,

And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.

At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.

It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.

So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

And he said vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptisme, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hande, and at my left hand, is not mine to giue: but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared of my Father.

For many are called, but fewe chosen.

And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

Then two shall be in the fieldes, the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

Two women shalbe grinding at ye mill: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Surely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had bene good for that man, if hee had neuer bene borne.

And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.