God's Dealings (3 of 5)

God's character is made known through scripture. This list reveals how God deals with mankind.

Planted

God’s Testimonials

Jeremiah 45:4 KJV — "Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.”

Other’s Testimonials 

Ezekiel 17:5, 8 KJV — "5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree…. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine."

Jesus' Testimonials

Matthew 21:33 KJV — "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:” (also Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9)

Luke 13:6 KJV — "He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none."

Preach

Preach (Preaching/Preached)

Others' Testimonials

Galatians 3:8 KJV — "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed."

Jesus' Testimonials

Isaiah 61:1 KJV - "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;"

Luke 4:18-19 KJV - "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

Others' Testimonials of Jesus Christ

Matthew 4:17 KJV - "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Matthew 11:1 KJV - "And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities."

Matthew 4:23 KJV - "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Matthew 9:35 KJV - "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."

Matthew 11:4-5 KJV - "4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them." (also Luke 7:22)

Mark 1:14 KJV - "Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,"

Mark 1:38-39 KJV - "And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils."

Mark 2:2 KJV - "And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them."

Luke 4:43-44 KJV - "43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee."

Luke 8:1 KJV - "And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,"

Luke 20:1 KJV - "And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,"

Romans 16:25 KJV - "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"

1 Peter 3:18-19 KJV - "18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;"

Prepare

Prepare (Prepareth/Preparest/Preparedst/Prepared)

Gods' Testimonials

Exodus 23:20 KJV — "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared."

Jeremiah 22:7 KJV — "And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire."

Ezekiel 35:6 KJV — "Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee."

Others' Testimonials

2 Chronicles 29:36 KJV — "And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly."

Psalm 9:7 KJV — "But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment."

Psalm 10:17 KJV — "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:"

Psalm 23:5 KJV — "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."

Psalm 65:9 KJV — "Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it."

Psalm 68:10 KJV — "Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor."

Psalm 74:16 KJV — "The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun."

Psalm 80:8-9 KJV - "8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land."

Psalm 103:19 KJV — "The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all."

Psalm 147:7-8 KJV - "7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains."

Proverbs 8:27 KJV — "When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:"

Proverbs 19:29 KJV — "Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools."

Isaiah 30:33 KJV — "For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.”

Isaiah 64:4 KJV — "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.”

Ezekiel 28:13 KJV — "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created."

Hosea 6:3 KJV — "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”

Romans 9:23 KJV — "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,"

1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV — "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

Hebrews 10:5 KJV — "Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:"

Hebrews 11:16 KJV — "But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”

Jesus' Testimonials

Matthew 20:23 KJV — "And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father." (also Mark 10:40)

Matthew 22:4 KJV — "Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage."

Matthew 25:34 KJV — "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"

Matthew 25:41 KJV — "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"

John 14:2-3 KJV — "2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

Petitioning of God

1 Chronicles 29:18 KJV — "O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:"

Psalm 61:7 KJV — "He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him."

Jeremiah 12:3 KJV — "But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter."

Resulting from God

Psalm 107:35-36 KJV - "35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;"

Proverbs 16:1 KJV — "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD."

Prophetic

Zephaniah 1:7 KJV — "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests."

Revelation 12:6 KJV — "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."

Revelation 21:2 KJV — "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

Purge

Purge (Purgeth/Purging/Purged)

Wisdom

Proverbs 16:6 KJV - "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."

Gods' Testimonials

Isaiah 1:25 KJV - "And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:"

Isaiah 22:14 KJV - "And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts."

Isaiah 27:9 KJV - "By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up."

Ezekiel 20:38 KJV - "And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD."

Ezekiel 24:13 KJV - "In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee."

Others' Testimonials

Psalm 65:3 KJV - "Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away."

Isaiah 4:4 KJV - "When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning."

Isaiah 6:7 KJV - "And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."

Malachi 3:3 KJV - "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness."

Jesus' Testimonials

John 15:2 KJV - "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit."

Others' Testimonials of Jesus

Hebrews 1:3 KJV - "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"

Hebrews 9:14, 22 KJV - "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ... 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."

Petitioning of God

Psalm 51:7 KJV - "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

Psalm 79:9 KJV - "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake."

Prophetic

Daniel 11:35 KJV - "And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed."

Matthew 3:12 KJV - "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

Luke 3:17 KJV - "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable."

Purify

Purify (Purifier/Purified)

Gods' Testimonials

Malachi 3:3 KJV - "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness."

Others' Testimonials

Psalm 12:6 KJV - "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."

Others' Testimonials of Jesus

Titus 2:14 KJV - "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

Quick

Others’ Testimonials

Hebrews 4:12 KJV - "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

Resulting from God

Isaiah 11:3 KJV - "And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:"

Sacrifice

Sacrifice (Sacrifices/Sacrificed)

Wisdom

Hebrews 10:26 KJV — "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”

Others' Testimonials of Jesus

1 Corinthians 5:7 KJV — "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”

Ephesians 5:2 KJV — "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."

Hebrews 9:23, 26 KJV — "23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. … 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."

Hebrews 10:5 KJV — "Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:"

Hebrews 10:12 KJV — "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;"

Prophetic

Ezekiel 39:17 KJV — "And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.”

Ezekiel 39:19 KJV — "And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.”

Zephaniah 1:7 KJV — "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests."

Zephaniah 1:8 KJV — "And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel."

Sanctify

Sanctify (Sanctifieth/Sanctified/Sanctification)

God’s Testimonials

Exodus 31:13 KJV - "Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."

Leviticus 21:8 KJV - "Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy."

Jeremiah 1:5 KJV - "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

Ezekiel 20:12 KJV - "Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.”

Ezekiel 37:28 KJV - "And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore."

Ezekiel 38:23 KJV - "Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

Others' Testimonials

2 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV - "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"

Jesus' Testimonials

John 17:19 KJV – “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth."

Others' Testimonials of Jesus

Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV - "25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,"

Hebrews 9:12-14 KJV - "12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"

Hebrews 13:12 KJV - "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."

Petitioning of God

John 17:17KJV - "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”

1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV - "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Prophetic

Ezekiel 36:23 KJV - "And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes."

Satiate

Satiate (Satiated)

God’s Testimonials

Jeremiah 31:14, 25 KJV - "And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. ... For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul."

Others’ Testimonials

Jeremiah 46:10 KJV - "For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates."

Serve

Serve (Servant)

Others’ Testimonials of Jesus

Philippians 2:5-7 KJV - "5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"

Prophetic

Luke 12:37 KJV - "Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them."