choice

The 14 most-voted verses about choice, from 11 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 15:16 (BSB)

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

John 15:16 (KJV)

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:16 (WEB)

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

Joshua 24:15 (BSB)

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

Joshua 24:15 (WEB)

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Acts 13:48 (BSB)

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Acts 13:48 (KJV)

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 13:48 (WEB)

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

Galatians 1:15 (BSB)

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called [me] by his grace,

Galatians 1:15 (KJV)

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,

Galatians 1:15 (WEB)

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (BSB)

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (KJV)

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (WEB)

And 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.

Revelation 13:8 (BSB)

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.

Revelation 13:8 (KJV)

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

Revelation 13:8 (WEB)

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:44 (BSB)

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:44 (KJV)

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day.

John 6:44 (WEB)

Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

John 6:70 (BSB)

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

John 6:70 (KJV)

Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

John 6:70 (WEB)

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20 (BSB)

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20 (KJV)

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20 (WEB)

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (BSB)

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (KJV)

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

Job 31:15 (WEB)

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 14:12 (BSB)

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Proverbs 14:12 (KJV)

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 14:12 (WEB)

“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.”

Jeremiah 1:5 (BSB)

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.

Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV)

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5 (WEB)

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

Luke 10:22 (BSB)

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him.]

Luke 10:22 (KJV)

Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

Luke 10:22 (WEB)

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

Ephesians 1:4 (BSB)

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:

Ephesians 1:4 (KJV)

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Ephesians 1:4 (WEB)

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