Bible Verses About Guidance in Decision Making
Scriptures to help you find clarity and divine counsel when making important choices.
Making significant choices can often feel overwhelming, especially when the stakes appear high for our future. However, as believers, we have constant access to the Counselor of counselors through the power of prayer. Within the pages of His Word and the quiet leading of the Spirit, God provides the discernment we need to choose the wise path. Trust that He is intimately interested in the details of your life and will provide the guidance necessary for every step you take.
Key Passages
"Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;"
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you."
"¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."
"¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
"Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established."
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
"A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
"And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."
"Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end."
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
"The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way."
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful."
"Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?"
"Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise."
"This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working."
"Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments."
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;"
"Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?"
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