Quotes about Decree
Nothing will enter your life that God does not either decree or allow. And nothing will ever enter your life that, if you are willing to trust in him, he cannot work out for your good.
- Chip Ingram
Jesus Christ became a curse for us by divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance; it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary is the measure of His hatred.
- Oswald Chambers
The things that happen do not happen by chance—they happen entirely by the decree of God. God is sovereignly working out His own purposes.
- Oswald Chambers
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
- Genesis 41:32
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
- Numbers 31:17
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
- Joshua 1:10
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
- Judges 21:11
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
- 2 Kings 8:1
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- 1 Chronicles 16:17
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.
- 2 Chronicles 30:5
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- Ezra 4:19