Bible Verses About God

God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

In a dream--a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

To turn aside man from doing, And pride from man He concealeth.

He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!

And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter--one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

Fresher is his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

Lo, all these doth God work, Twice--thrice with man,

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

Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Mighty to do perverseness:

For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.