Biblical & Theological Issues, Philosophy & Science

Biblical References to Key Divine Attributes

Necessity/Self-existence
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” –Exodus 3:14
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!–I Kings 8:27
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. . . . For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.–Acts 17:24-25, 28
Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.–Romans 11:35-36

Omnipotence
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. –Genesis 1:3
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 Chronicles 29:11
“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.”–Jeremiah 32:17
And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.” –Mark 14:36

Omniscience
O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.–Psalm 139:1-6
Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows him his counsel? Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?–Isaiah 40:13-14
“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”–Isaiah 42:9

Omnipresence
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.–Psalm 139:7-10
“Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?,” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill heaven and earth?,” declares the LORD.–Jeremiah 23:23-24

Eternality
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.–Psalm 90:2
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it; lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.–Luke 14:28-30
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”–Revelation 1:8