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What Does the Bible Say About Foreknowledge?

Here are 16 Bible verses about foreknowledge, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Jeremiah 1:5

    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.

    BSB“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

  2. #2Romans 8:29-30

    For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

    BSBFor those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

  3. #3Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

    BSBHe was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

  4. #41 Peter 1:20

    Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

    BSBHe was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

  5. #5Ephesians 1:4

    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

    BSBFor He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

  6. #6Isaiah 46:10

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

    BSBI 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.’

  7. #7Ephesians 1:5

    Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

    BSBHe predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

  8. #8Psalms 139:4

    For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

    BSBEven before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

  9. #9Isaiah 41:4

    Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

    BSBWho has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”

  10. #101 Peter 1:1-2

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

    BSBPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

  11. #11Jeremiah 29:11

    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.

    BSBFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

  12. #12Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

    BSBFor we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

  13. #131 Peter 1:2

    Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

    BSBaccording to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

  14. #14Psalms 139:16

    Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

    BSBYour eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

  15. #15Romans 8:29

    For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

    BSBFor those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

  16. #16Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

    BSBAnd all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

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