Each year, the United States takes in thousands of refugees from around the world. These people are fleeing from civil wars and other extreme conditions, looking for a safe place to live. Unfortunately, the refugee system isn’t perfect and some people still stray from the Lord’s path. There can be many reasons for this: language barriers, security concerns, or isolation. This blog contains information about why some refugees stray from the Lord as well as ways to help them return. Within its pages, this essay investigates Bible Verse About God Turning His Face Away
Straying from the Lord is destructive. Believer or not, this is a universal fact. The Bible touches on this theme in various verses. In Deuteronomy we’re commanded to: “Choose life so that you and your children may live!” We’re also told not to forsake God, because He will not forsake us.
Bible Verses About Straying From The Lord
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 69 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 55 helpful votes
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 55 helpful votes
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 54 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 53 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 49 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 45 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 42 helpful votes
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 42 helpful votes
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 40 helpful votes
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 38 helpful votes
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 36 helpful votes
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
John 16:33 ESV / 35 helpful votes
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Psalm 119:28 ESV / 35 helpful votes
My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!
2 Corinthians 12:10 ESV / 33 helpful votes
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV / 32 helpful votes
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 32 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …
James 1:14-15 ESV / 31 helpful votes
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 31 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Habakkuk 3:19 ESV / 31 helpful votes
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
Galatians 6:1 ESV / 30 helpful votes
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Mark 12:30 ESV / 30 helpful votes
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Jeremiah 32:17 ESV / 30 helpful votes
‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Matthew 19:26 ESV / 28 helpful votes
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
James 1:19 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 27 helpful votes
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Ephesians 6:16 ESV / 26 helpful votes
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
Psalm 73:26 ESV / 26 helpful votes
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 24 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
John 14:27 ESV / 24 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Revelation 21:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 23 helpful votes
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Psalm 16:11 ESV / 22 helpful votes
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 21 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …
1 John 4:18-19 ESV / 21 helpful votes
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.
1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 21 helpful votes
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …
Psalm 59:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Psalm 44:3 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
Psalm 28:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 18:31 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?—
Psalm 18:1-2 ESV / 21 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Romans 1:20 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Isaiah 43:1-3 ESV / 20 helpful votes
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. …
Romans 13:14 ESV / 19 helpful votes
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
James 1:26 ESV / 17 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! …
Romans 10:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Luke 1:37 ESV / 16 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
James 1:1-27 ESV / 15 helpful votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …
1 Corinthians 1:27 ESV / 15 helpful votes
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
Romans 6:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
3 John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
Colossians 4:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Romans 16:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Matthew 11:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Joel 2:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
Psalm 119:105 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
James 5:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
1 Peter 5:1-14 ESV / 7 helpful votes
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” …
2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Ephesians 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Galatians 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 3:1-3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Acts 17:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Matthew 22:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Psalm 51:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Job 22:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
James 1:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Ephesians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
1 Corinthians 15:14-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
Romans 7:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
John 3:1-36 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. …
Ezekiel 34:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes
The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. …
Scriptures About People Going Astray
Proverbs 19:27
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Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Ezekiel 14:11
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in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord God.”
Proverbs 21:16
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A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Ezekiel 44:10
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But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity.
Ezekiel 44:15
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“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 48:11
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It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray.
Hosea 7:13
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Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
Hosea 11:2
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The more they called them,
The more they went from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.
Psalm 119:67
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Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
Proverbs 7:25
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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
Hebrews 3:10
Verse Concepts
“Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;
Bible Verse About God Turning His Face Away
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
“And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.”
“I am the LORD, and I do not change.” (Malachi 3:6)
God does not change. He is unchanging, immutable, and eternal. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
God is faithful to his word and will never fail us. His promise to us is that he will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6, Joshua 1:5).
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1).
Psalms 101:6, I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Deuteronomy 32:21-25, They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap mischiefs upon them; they shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness, [it] drips
What does this mean?
Genesis 19:17-18 And the Lord said, Is it not well that I should do this for you? Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Jeremiah 14:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, hope to give you an expected end.
Romans 8:28-31 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose. 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
The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go through the sea on dry ground. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will get glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I get glory for myself through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. When morning came, there was a wall of water behind them; but when they looked to see where they had been driven through the sea, they saw only dry ground; not one of them was wetted with water from the Sea of Reeds.
Then Moses led Israel from Succoth to Etham at Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the Sea of Reeds (that is, Tanis). He took them around by way of