12 Bible Verses about Knowing God's Character

and know his will, and can test the things that differ; if you are instructed out of the Law,

"Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

"He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

"'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is God-fearing and does his will, to such he listens.

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

This is so because that which may be known of God is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them.

Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?

For what man understands the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him?

For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;

By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

And we do know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who is abiding in love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him.