Attributes of God
From “Tota Scriptura”, Joey Day’s personal Scripture topic index wiki
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Contents
- 1 Aseity (independent, self-existent, self-sufficient)
- 2 Eternity
- 3 Foreknowledge
- 4 Holiness
- 5 Immanence
- 6 Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
- 7 Impassibility (“without passions”, not given to mood swings nor able to suffer)
- 8 Impeccability (without sin)
- 9 Incomprehensibility (boundless, immeasurable, immense)
- 10 Incorporeality (“without body”, immaterial, invisible, spirit)
- 11 Ineffability (unknowable)
- 12 Love
- 13 Omnibenevolence (all-good, all-loving)
- 14 Omnipotence (all-powerful)
- 15 Omnipresence (everywhere-present)
- 16 Omnisapience (all-wise)
- 17 Omniscience (all-knowing)
- 18 Righteousness
- 19 Simplicity (“without parts”, indivisible, neither compound nor composite)
- 20 Sovereignty
- 21 Transcendence
- 22 Veracity (truthful)
- 23 Wrath
Aseity (independent, self-existent, self-sufficient)
Ge 1:1; Ex 3:14; 1Ch 29:11–16; Job 22:2–3; 35:6–7; 41:11 (cited at Ro 11:35); Ps 50:10–13; 90:1–4; 93:2; Isa 40:13–14; Dan 4:35; Jn 5:26; Ac 17:24–25; Ro 11:33–36 (cites Job 41:11); 1Co 8:5–6; Rev 4:8
Eternity
Ge 1:1; 21:33; Job 36:26; Ps 90:2, 4; 93:2; 102:24; Isa 26:4; 40:28; 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; 57:15; Jer 10:10; Hab 1:12; Ro 1:23; 16:26; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16; Rev 1:4, 8; 4:8; 21:6
Foreknowledge
Main topic: Foreknowledge Ac 2:23; Ro 8:29; 11:2; 1Pe 1:1–2, 20
Holiness
Lev 11:44
Immanence
Isa 57:15; Ac 17:27–28; Ro 10:8
Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
Num 23:19; Ps 33:10–11; 102:25–28; 119:89, 160; Pr 19:21; Isa 14:26–27; 40:8; Mal 3:6; Mt 5:18; Lk 16:17; Ro 8:29–30; Heb 6:13–18; Jas 1:17
Impassibility (“without passions”, not given to mood swings nor able to suffer)
Main topic: Impassibility 1Sa 15:29; Neh 9:17; Ps 50:12–13; 103:8, 17; Lam 3:22; Hos 11:9; Ac 14:15; Ro 9:22; Jas 5:17
Impeccability (without sin)
Ge 18:25; Dt 32:4; Job 34:10; Ps 5:4; 145:17; Eze 33:17–20; Hab 1:13; Jas 1:13, 17; 1Jn 1:5; Rev 16:5–7
Incomprehensibility (boundless, immeasurable, immense)
1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:6; 6:18; Isa 66:1; Ac 7:49; 17:24
Incorporeality (“without body”, immaterial, invisible, spirit)
Main topic: Incorporeality Ex 33:20; Mt 16:17; Jn 1:18; 4:23–24 (cf. Lk 24:36-39); Jn 5:37; 6:46; Ro 1:20; Col 1:15; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16; Heb 11:27; 1Jn 4:12, 20
Ineffability (unknowable)
Dt 29:29; Job 11:7–9; Ps 92:5; 139:6; 147:5; Isa 40:28; 55:8–9; Mt 11:27 (cf. Lk 10:22); Ro 11:33–34; 1Co 2:9–11; 13:9–12
Love
Main topic: God is love Dt 7:7–8; 30:9; Isa 64:4; Jer 31:3; 32:41; Zep 3:17; Lk 15:20; Jn 1:18; 3:16, 35; 5:20; 10:11, 17; 14:9–10, 31; 15:13; 17:23, 24, 26; Ro 5:8; Eph 1:4–5; 5:25; 1Jn 3:1; 4:8, 16, 19
Omnibenevolence (all-good, all-loving)
Job 38:41; Ps 25:8; 33:5; 34:8, 10; 37:23–25; 52:1; 73:3–12; 84:11; 86:5; 100:5; 103:17; 104:27–28; 106:1; 119:68, 71; 136:25; 145:8–17; Nah 1:7; Jer 29:11; 31:12; Zec 9:17; Mt 5:45; 6:26; 7:7–11; Ac 14:17; Ro 2:4; 8:28; 12:2; Eph 2:10; 1Jn 4:8, 16; Jas 1:17
Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Job 42:2; Ps 33:6; 102:25–27; 104:1–35; Isa 14:27; 40:28–31; 43:13; Jer 32:17; Dan 4:35; Mt 19:26 (cf. Mk 10:27); Eph 3:20–21; Php 4:13; 2Co 6:18; Rev 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 19:6, 15; 21:22 — but he cannot act contrary to his other attributes, e.g. Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18
Omnipresence (everywhere-present)
Ge 28:15; Ps 139:7–10; Jer 23:23–24; Am 9:2
Omnisapience (all-wise)
Job 9:4; 11:5–9; 12:13–25; 28:12–28; Pr 2:6; Isa 28:29; 33:5–6; 40:13–14; 55:8–9; Jer 10:12; 51:15; Ro 11:33–34; 16:27; 1Co 1:18–25
Omniscience (all-knowing)
Ps 139:1–6; Pr 15:3; Jer 17:10; Eze 11:5; Ro 11:33–34; 1Co 2:10–11; Heb 4:13; 1Jn 3:20
Righteousness
Ps 103:6
Simplicity (“without parts”, indivisible, neither compound nor composite)
Main topic: Simplicity Dt 6:4–5; Jer 23:6; Mk 12:28–34 (cites Dt 6:4–5); Jn 1:4–5, 9; 3:33; 4:24; 14:6; Ro 3:30; 1Co 1:30; Gal 3:20; Jas 2:19; 1Jn 1:5; 4:8, 16; 5:6
Sovereignty
Main topic: Providence Job 23:13; 42:2; Ps 33:8–11; 103:19; 115:3; 135:5-7; Ecc 3:14–15; Isa 14:24, 27; 43:13; 46:9-11; Dan 4:34–35; Ac 2:23; 4:28; Ro 8:28; 11:36; Eph 1:11; Php 2:10–11; 1Ti 6:15; Heb 6:17
Transcendence
Main topic: Creator-creature distinction 1Ch 29:11; Job 37:23; Ps 47:2, 7–9; 97:9; 99:1–2; 148:13; Isa 6:1; 33:5; 57:15; 1Ti 6:16
Veracity (truthful)
Ps 31:5; Pr 30:5; Isa 65:16; Jn 3:33; 17:17–19; Ro 3:4; Tit 1:2
Wrath
Ge 6:1–22; 7:1–24; 19:24; Nu 25:3; Dt 32:35; Ps 2:12; 5:5–6; 7:11; Pr 1:24–31; Hos 8:7; Nah 1:2, 6; Zec 1:15; Ro 1:18–32; 9:22; 12:19 (cites Dt 32:35); Gal 6:7–8; Rev 19:1–21; 20:14