Biblical Support for Attributes of God

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God as Eternal

"And God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM'" - Exodus 3:14


"But You, O Lord, shall endure forever, and the remembrance of Your name to all generations." - Psalm 102:12 


"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." - Hebrews 13:8 

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God's Goodness

"Good and upright is the Lord." - Psalm 25:8


"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." - James 1:17


"God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to to those who are called according to His purpose." - James 8:28

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Immanence

"'Am I a God near at hand?' says the LORD, 'And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?' says the LORD; 'Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says the LORD." - Jeremiah 23:23-24


"He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being." - Acts 17:27-28


"'According to the word that I covenanted with you when you cam out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!'" - Haggai 2:5 

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Immutability

"'For I am the Lord, I do not change.'" - Malachi 3:6


"Everygood gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." - James 1:17 

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Love

"'But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do.'" - John 14:31


"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our heats by the Holy Spirity who was given to us." - Romans 5:5-8

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Omnipotence

"And He said, 'Abba, Father, all things are possible for You.'" - Mark 14:36

"'Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.'" - Jeremiah 32:17

"'With God, all things are possible.'" - Matthew 19:26


"But our God is in heaven, He does what He pleases." - Psalm 115:3 

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Omniscience

"God's understanding is infinite." - Psalm 147:5


"Known to God from all eternity are all His works." - Acts 15:18


"God is greater than our hearts and knows all things." - 1 John 3:20


"Thus says the Lord - "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that came into your mind." - Ezekiel 11:5 

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Self-Existence

"For as the Father has life in Himself, so He granted the Son to have life in Himself." - John 5:26


"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things are made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." - John 1:1-5

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Transcendence

"'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.' says the Lord. 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.'" - Isiah 55:8-9


"And He said to them again, 'I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come. You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this; I am not of this world." - John 8:23

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