God's Masteries (2 of 2)
- Biblical Academia
- Oct 7
- 9 min read
Updated: Oct 9
God's character is made known through scripture. This list reveals God's impetus and masteries.
Fast-Stand
God’s Testimonials
Psalm 89:28 KJV — "My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him."
Others’ Testimonials
Psalm 111:7-8 KJV - "The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness."
Flourish
God’s Testimonials
Ezekiel 17:24 KJV — "And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it."
Follow
Follow (Following/Followed)
Others’ Testimonials of Jesus
1 Corinthians 10:4 KJV — "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”
Resulting from God
Psalm 23:6 KJV — "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”
Mark 16:17 KJV — "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;"
Mark 16:20 KJV — "And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”
Forbear
Forebear (Forbearance)
Others’ Testimonials
Nehemiah 9:30 KJV — "Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands."
Romans 3:25 KJV — "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
Grow
Grow (Grown)
Others’ Testimonials
Jeremiah 33:15 KJV — "In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land."
Isaiah 53:2 KJV — "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."
Zechariah 6:12 KJV — "And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:"
Others’ Testimonials
Genesis 2:9 KJV — "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
Psalm 104:14 KJV — "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;”
Psalm 147:8 KJV — "Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”
Resulting from God
Psalm 144:12 KJV — "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:”
Jeremiah 12:2 KJV — "Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.”
Increase
Increase (Increaseth/increaseed)
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 51:2 KJV — "Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.”
Ezekiel 5:16 KJV — "When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:”
Ezekiel 36:37 KJV — "Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.”
Others’ Testimonials
Job 12:23 KJV — "He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.”
Isaiah 26:15 KJV — "Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.”
Jeremiah 2:3 KJV — "Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 KJV — "6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”
Others’ Testimonials of the word of God
Acts 6:7 KJV — "And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”
Petitioning of God
Luke 17:5 KJV — "And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.”
2 Corinthians 9:10 KJV — "Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)”
1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV — "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:”
Resulting from Wisdom
Proverbs 9:1, 11 KJV - "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: ... For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased."
Prophetic
Psalm 115:14 KJV — "The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.”
Renew
Petitioning of God
Psalm 51:10 KJV — "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."
Stedfast
Others’ Testimonials
Daniel 6:26 KJV — "I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.”
Still
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 42:14 KJV — "I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.”
Others’ Testimonials
1 Kings 19:12 KJV — "And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice."
Petitioning of God
Psalm 83:1 KJV — "A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.”
Jeremiah 47:6 KJV — "O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.”
Sure
God’s Testimonials
1 Samuel 2:35 KJV — "And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.”
Isaiah 28:16 KJV — "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste."
Others’ Testimonials
1 Samuel 25:28 KJV — "I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.”
2 Samuel 23:5 KJV — "Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”
Psalm 19:7 KJV — "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple."
Psalm 93:5 KJV — "Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever."
Psalm 111:7 KJV — "The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure."
2 Timothy 2:19 KJV — "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
Hebrews 6:17-19 KJV - "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"
2 Peter 1:19 KJV — "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:"
Prophetic
1 Kings 11:38 KJV — "And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee."
Isaiah 22:23 KJV — "And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house."
Isaiah 22:25 KJV — "In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it."
Isaiah 32:18 KJV — "And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;"
Isaiah 33:16 KJV — "He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."
Isaiah 55:3 KJV — "Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David."
Daniel 4:26 KJV — "And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.”
Acts 13:34 KJV — "And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David."
Trust
Others’ Testimonials
Job 4:18 KJV — "Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:”
Job 15:15 KJV — "Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.”
1 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV — "But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”
1 Timothy 1:11 KJV — "According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.”
1 Timothy 6:20 KJV — "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:”
Valiant
Others’ Testimonials
Psalm 118:15 KJV — "15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly."
Wait
Wait (Waiteth)
Others' Testimonials
Isaiah 30:18 KJV — "And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."
James 5:7 KJV — "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain."
1 Peter 3:20 KJV — "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
War
God’s Testimonials
Job 38:22-23 KJV - "22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?"
Others’ Testimonials
Exodus 15:3 KJV — "The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name."
Revelation 19:11 KJV — "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."
