Attributes of God

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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; Da 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; Dt 32:40; 33:27; Job 36:26; Ps 9:7; 74:12; 90:2, 4; 93:2; 102:24, 27; Isa 26:4; 40:28; 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; 57:15; Jer 10:10; Da 4:34; 6:26; 12:7; Hab 1:12; Ro 1:23; 16:26; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16; Rev 1:4, 8; 4:8–10; 10:6; 15:7; 21:6 — see also Eternal
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): Nu 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; Ne 9:17; Ps 50:12–13; 103:8, 17; La 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; Jer 19:5; 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 (cf. 2Ch 6:18); 2Ch 2:6; 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 (cf. 1Ch 16:34); Ps 119:68, 71; 136:25; 145:8–17; Jer 29:11; 31:12; Na 1:7; Zec 9:17; Mt 5:45 (cf. Lk 6:35); Mt 6:26 (cf. Lk 12:24); Mt 7:7–11 (cf. Lk 11:9–13); Ac 14:17; Ro 2:4; 8:28; 12:2; Eph 2:10; Jas 1:17; 1Jn 4:8, 16
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; Da 4:35; Mt 19:26 (cf. Mk 10:27; Lk 18:27); 2Co 6:18; Eph 3:20–21; Php 4:13; 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; Da 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; 113:4–6; 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; Na 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

Categories: Theology (proper)