Quotes about Purpose
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
— Isaiah 14:27
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
— Isaiah 22:16
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
— Isaiah 42:6
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
— Isaiah 43:7
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
— Isaiah 43:21
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
— Isaiah 44:1
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
— Isaiah 46:10
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
— Isaiah 46:11
He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
— Isaiah 49:3
And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
— Isaiah 49:5
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
— Isaiah 55:11
The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
— Jeremiah 1:4