God's Virtuous Dispositions (1 of 2)
- Biblical Academia
- Oct 8
- 37 min read
Updated: Oct 9
God's character is made known through scripture. This list reveals the virtues that God is and exhibits.
Humbled
Humbled (Humbleth)
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 113:5-6 KJV - "5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!"
Philippians 2:8 KJV - "And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Lowly
God’s Testimonials of Jesus
Zechariah 9:9 KJV - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
Jesus' Testimonials
Matthew 11:29 KJV - "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
Diligently
Wisdom
Luke 15:8-10 KJV — "8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." (See also Matthew 18:11-14; Luke 15:4-7)
Joy
Instilled by God
Psalm 105:43 KJV — "And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:"
Psalm 132:16 KJV — "I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy."
Isaiah 65:18 KJV — "But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy."
Jeremiah 31:13 KJV — "Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow."
Isaiah 61:1-3 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; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."
Romans 15:13 KJV — "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."
Resulting from God
Giving
Psalm 16:11 KJV - "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."
Psalm 30:5 KJV - "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
John 16:24 KJV — "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."
Withholding
Isaiah 9:3 KJV — "Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil."
Ezekiel 24:25 KJV — "Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,"
Petitioning from God
Psalm 5:11 KJV - "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."
Psalm 51:8 KJV - "Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice."
Psalm 51:12 KJV - "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit."
Prophetic
Isaiah 65:19 KJV — "And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying."
Jeremiah 33:9 KJV — "And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it."
Zephaniah 3:17 KJV — "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing."
Luke 15:7, 10 KJV — "7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. … 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."
Careth
Others' Testimonials of God
Deuteronomy 11:12 KJV - "A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year."
1 Peter 5:7 KJV - "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
Delight
God's Testimonials
Delights
Jeremiah 9:24 KJV - "But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD."
Doesn’t Delight
Isaiah 1:11 KJV - "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats."
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 22:8 KJV - "He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."
Proverbs 11:1 KJV - "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."
Proverbs 11:20 KJV - "They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight."
Proverbs 12:22 KJV - "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight."
Proverbs 15:8 KJV - "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
Proverbs 16:13 KJV - "Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right."
Love
Love (Loveth/Lovest/Loved)
Wisdom
Proverbs 3:12 KJV — "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
John 15:13 KJV — "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Hebrews 12:6 KJV — "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth."
God's Testimonials
Isaiah 43:3-4 KJV — "For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life."
Isaiah 61:8 KJV — "For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them."
Jeremiah 31:3 KJV — "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
Ezekiel 16:8 KJV — "Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine."
Hosea 11:1 KJV — "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."
Hosea 11:4 KJV — "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them."
Malachi 1:2 KJV — "I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,"
Romans 9:13 KJV — "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
Hebrews 1:9 KJV — "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."
Revelation 3:19 KJV — "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
Others' Testimonials
Israel/His People/His Children
Deuteronomy 4:37 KJV — "And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 7:7-8 KJV — "7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."
Deuteronomy 10:15 KJV — "Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day."
Deuteronomy 10:18 KJV — "He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment."
Deuteronomy 23:5 KJV - "Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee."
Deuteronomy 33:2-3 KJV — "2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words."
2 Samuel 12:24 KJV — "And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him."
1 Kings 10:9 KJV — "Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice."
2 Chronicles 2:11 KJV — "Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them."
2 Chronicles 9:8 KJV — "Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice."
Psalm 45:7 KJV — "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."
Psalm 78:68 KJV — "But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved."
Psalm 87:2 KJV — "The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob."
Isaiah 38:16-17 KJV — "16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back."
Isaiah 48:14 KJV — "All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans."
Isaiah 63:9 KJV — "In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."
John 3:16 KJV — "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 17:26 KJV — "And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
Romans 8:38-39 KJV — "38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Ephesians 2:4 KJV — "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,"
2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV — "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."
2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV — "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."
2 Thessalonians 2:16 KJV — "Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,"
Titus 3:4 KJV — "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,"
1 John 3:1 KJV - "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
1 John 3:16 KJV — "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
1 John 4:8-11, 16 KJV — "8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ... 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."
1 John 4:19 KJV — "We love him, because he first loved us."
Righteousness/Judgment
Psalm 11:7 KJV — "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."
Psalm 33:5 KJV — "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."
Psalm 37:28 KJV — "For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off."
Romans 5:8 KJV — "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:5 KJV — "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
The Righteous
Psalm 146:8 KJV — "The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:"
Followers of Righteousness
Proverbs 8:17 KJV — "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."
Proverbs 15:9 KJV — "The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness."
2 Corinthians 9:7 KJV — "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
Jesus' Testimonials
John 3:35 KJV — "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand."
John 5:20 KJV — "For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."
John 10:17 KJV — "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again."
John 13:34 KJV — "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 14:21 KJV — "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
John 14:23 KJV — "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
John 15:9 KJV — "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."
John 15:10, 12 KJV — "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. ... This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
John 16:27 KJV — "For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God."
John 17:21-26 KJV — "21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
Others' Testimonials of Jesus
Mark 10:21 KJV — "Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me."
John 11:3 KJV — "Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."
John 11:5 KJV — "Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."
John 11:36 KJV — "Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!"
John 13:1 KJV — "Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end."
John 13:23 KJV — "Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved."
John 19:26 KJV — "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!"
John 20:2 KJV — "Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him."
John 21:7 KJV — "Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea."
John 21:20 KJV — "Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?"
Romans 8:35-39 KJV — "35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV — "For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:"
Galatians 2:20 KJV — "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Ephesians 3:19 KJV — "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."
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."
Ephesians 5:25 KJV — "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"
2 Thessalonians 2:16 KJV — "Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,"
1 Timothy 1:14 KJV — "And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."
Revelation 1:5 KJV — "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
Others' Testimonials of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22 KJV — "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
Resulting from God
Daniel 1:9 KJV — "Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs."
1 John 4:7 KJV — "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."
1 John 4:12 KJV — "No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."
Prophetic
Deuteronomy 7:13 KJV — "And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee."
Hosea 14:4 KJV — "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Zephaniah 3:17 KJV — "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing."
Revelation 3:9 KJV — "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."
Heart
Heart (Hearts)
God's Testimonials
Isaiah 63:4 KJV - "For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come."
Jeremiah 3:15 KJV - "And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding."
Resulting from God
2 Chronicles 30:12 KJV - "Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.”
Isaiah 66:14 KJV - "And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies."
Compassion
God's Testimonials
Isaiah 49:15 KJV - "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."
Others' Testimonials
2 Kings 13:23 KJV - "And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet."
2 Chronicles 36:15 KJV - "And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:"
Psalm 78:38 KJV - "But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath."
Psalm 86:15 KJV - "But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth."
Psalm 111:4 KJV - "He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion."
Psalm 112:4 KJV - "Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous."
Psalm 145:8 KJV - "The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy."
Lamentations 3:22 KJV - "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."
Lamentations 3:32 KJV - "But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies."
Micah 7:19 KJV - "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
Romans 9:15 KJV - "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."
Hebrews 5:1-2 KJV - "1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity."
Prophetic
Jeremiah 12:15 KJV - "And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land."
Pity
God's Testimonials
Ezekiel 16:5, 8 KJV - "5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. ... 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine."
Ezekiel 36:21 KJV — "But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went."
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 103:13 KJV — "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him."
Psalm 106:46 KJV — "He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives."
Isaiah 63:9 KJV — "In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."
James 5:11 KJV — "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
God’s Testimonials of No Pity
Ezekiel 5:11 KJV — "Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity."
Ezekiel 7:4 KJV — "And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 7:9 KJV — "And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth."
Ezekiel 8:18 KJV — "Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them."
Ezekiel 9:10 KJV — "And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head."
Zechariah 11:6 KJV — "For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
Others' Testimonials of No Pity
Jeremiah 13:14 KJV — "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them."
Jeremiah 21:7 KJV — "And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy."
Lamentations 2:2 KJV — "The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof."
Lamentations 2:17 KJV — "The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries."
Lamentations 2:21 KJV — "The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied."
Lamentations 3:43 KJV — "Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied."
Ezekiel 9:4-5 KJV - "4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:"
Prophetic
Joel 2:18 KJV — "Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people."
Favourable
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 85:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob."
Job 33:26 KJV — "He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness."
Inclined
Others’ Testimonials
Psalm 116:2 KJV - "Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live."
Willing
Willing (Will)
Others’ Testimonials
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV - "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
1 Timothy 2:1, 3-4 KJV - "1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ... 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
Hebrews 6:17 KJV - "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:"
Thoughts
Thoughts (Thought)
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 14:24 KJV — "The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:"
Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV — “8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 66:18 KJV — “For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.”
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV — “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
Zechariah 8:15 KJV — "So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not."
Others’ Testimonials
Exodus 32:14 KJV — "And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people."
Psalm 40:5 KJV — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalm 139:17 KJV — How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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.”
1 Chronicles 28:9 KJV — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalm 139:2 KJV — "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off."
Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV — "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
Righteous
Righteous (Righteousness)
Wisdom
Psalm 33:5 KJV - "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."
Psalm 11:7 KJV - "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."
Psalm 33:5 KJV - "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."
God's Testimonials
Psalm 35:27 KJV - "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant."
Others’ Testimonials
The LORD/God is Righteous
Exodus 9:27 KJV — "And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked."
2 Chronicles 12:6 KJV — "Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous."
Ezra 9:15 KJV — "O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this."
Nehemiah 9:8 KJV — "And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:"
Job 36:3 KJV — "I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker."
Psalm 7:9 KJV - "Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.”
Psalm 11:7 KJV - "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."
Isaiah 62:2 KJV - "And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name."
2 Corinthians 9:9 KJV - "(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever."
Psalm 31:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness."
Psalm 35:24 KJV - "Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me."
Psalm 35:28 KJV - "And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long."
Psalm 36:6 KJV - "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast."
Psalm 111:3 KJV — "His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever."
Psalm 112:3 KJV — "Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever."
Psalm 112:9 KJV — "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour."
Psalm 119:39-40 KJV — "39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness."
Psalm 119:137 KJV - "TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments."
Psalm 119:142 KJV - "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth."
Psalm 7:17 KJV - "I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."
Statutes, Judgments, Testimonies, and the Word are Righteous
Deuteronomy 4:8 KJV — "And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?"
Psalm 119:138 KJV - "Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful."
Psalm 119:144 KJV - "The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live."
Psalm 119:160 KJV - "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."
Psalm 119:164 KJV - "Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments."
Psalm 119:172 KJV - "My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness."
Psalm 19:9 KJV - "The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether."
Psalm 119:62 KJV - "At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments."
Psalm 119:123 KJV - "Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness."
Acts of the Lord are Righteous
Judges 5:11 KJV — "They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates."
1 Samuel 12:7 KJV — "Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers."
Resulting from God
Isaiah 54:17 KJV - "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD."
Psalm 4:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”
Psalm 24:5 KJV - "He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation."
Prophetic
Psalm 22:31 KJV - "They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this."
Psalm 9:8 KJV - "And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness."
Good
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 25:8 KJV - "Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way."
Psalm 54:6 KJV - "I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good."
Psalm 119:68 KJV - "Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes."
Psalm 143:10 KJV - "Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness."
Jesus' Testimonials
Matthew 20:15 KJV - "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?"
John 10:11, 14 KJV - "11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep…. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine."
Strive
God’s Testimonials
Genesis 6:3 KJV - "And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."
Jealousy
God’s Testimonials
Numbers 25:11 KJV - "Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy."
Zeal
God’s Testimonials
Ezekiel 5:13 KJV - "Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them."
Others’ Testimonials
2 Kings 19:31 KJV - "For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this."
Isaiah 9:7 KJV - "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."
Isaiah 37:32 KJV - "For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this."
Isaiah 59:17 KJV - "For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke."
Mindful
Others’ Testimonials
Psalm 8:4 KJV - "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"
Hebrews 2:6 KJV - "But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?"
Psalm 111:5 KJV - "He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant."
Psalm 115:12 KJV - "The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron."
Kindness
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 54:8, 10 KJV - "8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. ... 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee."
Others’ Testimonials
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV - "And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not."
Psalm 31:21 KJV - "Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city."
Psalm 117:2 KJV - "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD."
Joel 2:13 KJV - "And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."
Jonah 4:2 KJV - "And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil."
Ephesians 2:5-7 KJV - "5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."
Titus 3:4 KJV - "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,"
Petitioning from God
Genesis 24:12 KJV - "And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham."
2 Samuel 2:6 KJV - "And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing."
Psalm 119:76 KJV - "Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant."
Meek
Meek (Meekness)
Jesus’ Testimonials
Matthew 11:29 KJV - "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
Others’ Testimonials
Isaiah 11:4 KJV — “But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.”
Psalm 45:3-4 KJV - "Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things."
2 Corinthians 10:1 KJV - "Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:"
Slow to Anger
Others' Testimonials
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV — "And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not."
Psalm 103:8 KJV — "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy."
Psalm 145:8 KJV — "The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy."
Joel 2:13 KJV — "And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."
Jonah 4:2 KJV — "And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil."
Nahum 1:3 KJV — "The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet."
Intents
Intents (Intent)
Others’ Testimonials
Jeremiah 30:24 KJV - "The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it."
Ezekiel 40:4 KJV - "And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel."
Daniel 4:17 KJV - "This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men."
Longsuffering
Others’ Testimonials
Exodus 34:6 KJV - "And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"
Numbers 14:18 KJV - "The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation."
Psalm 86:15 KJV - "But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth."
Jeremiah 15:15 KJV - "O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke."
Romans 2:4 KJV - "Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"
Romans 9:22 KJV - "What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:"
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."
2 Peter 3:9, 15 KJV - "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. ... And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;"
Glad
Resulting from God
Psalm 92:4 KJV - "For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands."
Petitioning from God
Psalm 90:14-15 KJV - "14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil."
Patience
Others’ Testimonials
Romans 15:5 KJV — "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:"
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."
