Bible Verses About Living Life with Purpose

“These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:”

“What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?”

“Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.”

“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,”

“lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.”

“Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.”

“Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.”

“Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.”

“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.”

“A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.”

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.”

“Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,”

“redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”

“Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,”

“because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

“A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

“So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.”

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.”

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.”

“Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

“For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.”

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.”

“As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.”

“He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.”

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.”

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;”

“in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

“everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.””

“I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’”

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

“The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.”

“I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.”

“He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’”

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.”

“This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.”

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.”

“But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”

“And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.”

“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

“In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,”

“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,”

“To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,”

““Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.””

“I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.”

“Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.”