Attributes of God

When I was a new Christian, I compiled a link list of God’s attributes from books I had access to, like A.W. Tozer’s Knowledge of the Holy. It’s not an exhaustive list, nor do I necessarily agree now with every implicit theological leaning it represents, but I think it’s a helpful catalog.

God is One

[Deu 6:4; 1 Ti 1:17; Rev 15:4; 1 Cr 1:25; Job 15:15; Mar 12:29-30; Luk 8:23; Isa 40:12,28; Col 1:17; Act 17:25; Col 2:9; Gen 1:2; Heb 4:13; Isa 45:5-6; Deu 4:39; Isa 43:10b; Isa 46:9; Ps 90:2; 1 Jn 3:2; Jn 14:6]

God is Triune

[Mat 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; Mar 1:9-11; Jn 14:16-17; Isa 44:6]

God the Father

[1 Cor 8:6; Jn 6:27; 1 Pet 1:2]

God the Son

[Jn 1:18; Rom 9:5; Rom 1:3-4]

His Humanity

[Col 1:15; Col 2:9; Heb 1:8]

His Divinity

[Jn 20:28; Phi 2:6; Tts 2:13]

God the Spirit

[Act 5:3-4; 1 Cor 3:16, 6:19; Rom 8:9; Gen 1:2]

God is Spirit

[Ps 33:6-9; Deu 33:27; Jn 4:24; Act 17:24-25; Heb 11:27; 1 Ti 1:17; 1 Ti 6:15-16; Deu 4:12,15-16; Jn 6:46; Jn 1:18; Col 1:15; Jn 14:9]

God is Personal

[Zech 2:10; Jn 14:23; Rev 3:20]

God is Intelligent

[Ps 92:5; Rom 11:33]

The Knowledge of God

[Isa 40:14; Rom 11:34-35; Ps 147:5; Rom 11:33; Jn 21:17b]

The Foreknowledge of God

[Act 2:23; Rom 8:29-30; Rom 11:2; 1 Pet 1:2]

God is Wise

[Dan 2:20; Eph 3:10; Exo 31:3; Job 12:13; Psa 104:24; Pro 3:19; Psa 111:10; Pro 8:11; Jas 3:17; Isa 11:2; Luk 2:40; Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 1:24; 1 Cor 1:30]

God is Great

[Ps 95:3; Dan 9:4; Ps 104:1; Ps 145:3; Ps 77:13; Ps 86:10; Ps 95:3; Ps 135:5; 1 Chr 16:25; Ps 111:2; Ps 138:5]

God is Awesome

[Ps 33:6-9; Isa 40:12,15-18,22-23; Ps 18:13-15; Ps 66:7-9; Ps 3:5; 1 Tim 6:16; Isa 40:28; Job 11:7-8; Job 26:14; Pro 21:30]

The Awesomeness of God’s Presence

[Exo 19:21; Exo 33:20; Dan 10:8; Act 9:6]

God is Perfect

God’s Works are Perfect

[Deu 32:3-4; Ps 18:30; Eph 2:10l; Phi 2:13; Phi 1:6; Ps 92:4; Ps 107:22; Phi 2:12]

God’s Will is Perfect

[Rom 12:2; Ps 40:8; Eph 6:6; Jn 4:32-34; Jn 5:30]

God’s Word is Perfect

[Ps 19:7-9; Ps 12:6; 2 Ti 3:16-17; Ps 119:47,127-128,167; 2 Ti 2:15]

God Sustains

[Col 1:17; Job 33:14-18; Job 34:14-15; Ps 3:5]

God is Eternal

[Gen 1:1a; Jn 1:1; Col 1:17; Exo 3:14; Ps 90:2; 1 Tim 1:17; Hab 1:12a; Jer 31:3; Ps 100:5; Dan 7:9; Rev 1:8; Job 36:26; Ps 90:4; 2 Pet 3:8]

God’s Reign is Eternal

[Jer 10:10; Ps 145:13; Ps 45:6]

God’s Word is Eternal

[Isa 40:8; 1 Pet 1:24-25]

God’s Salvation and Protection is Eternal

[Deu 33:27; Ps 48:14; Ps 102:27-28; Isa 26:3-4; Mat 28:20]

Our Response

[1 Chr 16:36; Dan 4:34; 1 Ti 1:17]

God is Self-Existent

[Ps 36:9; Jn 5:26; Act 17:24-25]

God is Immutable

The Immutability of God’s Person

[Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17; Ps 102:25-27]

The Immutability of God’s Counsel

[Ps 33:11; Pro 19:21; Eph 1:11; 1 Sam 15:29; Isa 46:10-11; Heb 6:17-18; Num 23:19; Ps 89:34; Isa 14:24]

Interaction with God’s Immutability

[Jer 18:7-10; Eze 18:21-24]

God is Omni

God is Omnipotent

[Luk 1:37; Job 42:2; Ps 62:11; Mar 14:62; Heb 1:3; Rom 9:22; Eph 3:20-21; Ps 145:11-12; 1 Chr 29:11-12; Rev 19:6; Jer 32:17,27; Mat 19:26; Job 42:1-2]

God is Omnipresent

[Act 17:28; Ps 139:8-9; Pro 15:3; Heb 4:13; 1 Ki 8:27; Jer 23:23-24; Deu 4:7; Ps 46:1b; Ps 145:18; Isa 43:2; Mat 18:20; Mat 28:20]

God is Omniscient

[Act 15:18; Ps 139:2-4; Eze 11:5; Hos 7:2; Num 32:23; Dan 2:20-22; Job 36:16; Ps 147:5]

God is Holy

The Holiness of God’s Person

[Rev 4:8; Isa 6:3; Rev 15:4; Exo 15:11; Ps 89:35; Ps 30:4; Ps 22:3; Ps 99:5; Ps 98:1; Ps 103:1; Isa 57:15; Hab 1:13; 1 Jn 1:5]

The Holiness of God’s Works

[Ps 145:17; Rom 7:12; Ps 93:5; Ps 105:42; Exo 3:5; Psa 111:9]

God is Transcendent

[Neh 9:5b; Ps 16:2-3; Job 35:6-8; Luk 17:10; Act 17:25; Ps 50:10-12; Ps 50:21; Ps 89:6; Job 15:15]

God is Righteous

[Ps 7:9]

God is Wrathful

Past and Present Wrath of God

[Ps 5:5; Pro 3:32; Pro 15:26a; Ps 7:11; Ps 2:12; Rom 1:18; Ps 95:11; Deu 29:19-20]

Future Wrath of God

[Nah 1:2; 1 The 1:10; Mat 3:7; Deu 32:41-42; Rev 6:16-17; Luk 12:5; 2 Cor 5:10-11]

God is Faithful and True

God is Faithful

[Ps 119:90; Ps 89:5; Ps 36:5; Ps 89:8; Lam 3:22-23; Isa 11:5; 1 Cor 10:13; Rev 1:5]

God is Faithful to His Word

[Heb 10:23; Ps 119:138; 1 Cor 1:9; 1 The 5:24; Deu 7:9; 2 Tim 2:13]

God is Faithful in Affliction

[Ps 89:32-33; Ps 119:75; 1 Pet 4:19]

God is Love

[Deu 7:7-8; 1 Jn 4:8; 1 Jn 4:19; Jer 31:3; Rom 9:13]

God is Good

Goodness of God’s Person

[Ps 52:1; Ps 119:68; Nah 1:7; Luk 2:14]

Goodness of God’s Works

[Gen 1:31; Ps 145:9; Ps 33:5; Rom 2:4; Ps 107:8; Act 14:17; Mat 5:45b]

God is Patient

[Ps 145:8; Num 14:18; Rom 15:5; Act 14:16; Act 13:18; 2 Pet 3:9; Isa 30:18; Rom 9:22; Ecc 8:11]

God is Gracious

[Rom 5:17,19,20-21; Rom 3:24; Rom 11:6; Eph 2:8-9; Act 20:24; Gen 6:8; Exo 33:17; Jn 1:17; Heb 4:16; Exo 33:19; Zec 12:10; 2 Chr 33:9,13; Act 9:1,15]

God is Merciful

[Isa 54:10; Ps 103:11; Ps 100:5; Lam 3:22; Ps 86:5; Ps 103:17; Ps 59:16-17; Ps 145:9; 2 Cor 1:3]

God is Merciful in Salvation

[Eph 2:4-5; 1 Pet 1:3; Luk 1:77-78; Ti 3:5; Rom 9:23]

God is Merciful in Judgment

[Ps 143:12; Ps 136:15; Rom 9:15; Ps 62:12; Deu 32:43; Rev 21:27]

##The Decree of God

The Beginning of His Decree

[Heb 4:3; Ti 1:2]

God’s Motivation in His Decree

[Rom 11:36; Ps 36:9; Jn 5:26; Ps 135:6; Ps 115:3]

The Security of God’s Decree

[Eccl 3:14; Dan 4:35]

God is Sovereign

[1 Chr 29:11; Ps 97:9; Ps 113:4-6]

Sovereignty of God Towards Men

[Dan 2:21; Pro 21:1; Dan 4:17; Phil 2:13; Exo 32:24; Pro 21:31; Pro 16:9; Jas 4:13-15; Col 1:16-17; Act 17:26; Job 23:13-14; Deu 32:39; Isa 45:7; Hab 1:12; Rom 9:22; Mat 20:15; Rom 9:18; Ps 17:13-14]

Sovereignty of God in Salvation

[Act 13:48; Eph 2:8-9; 2 Tim 1:9; Eph 1:4-5; 2 The 2:13]

Sovereignty of God in Damnation?

[Pro 16:4; Jn 12:39-40; 1 Pet 2:8; Job 21:29-30; Jude 1:4; Rev 14:8; Hab 1:12; Rom 9:22; Mat 20:15; Rom 9:18]

God is Lawgiver

[Isa 33:22; Jas 4:12; Rom 2:12]

God is Judge

[Gen 18:25; Ps 97:2; Ps 94:1; Rev 15:3; Rom 3:8; 1 Chr 16:33; Job 8:3; Psa 9:8; Psa 50:4,6; Psa 68:5; Psa 72:4; Psa 75:7; Psa 82:8; Psa 96:13; Ecc 3:17; Isa 3:13; Isa 33:22; Jer 23:5; Jer 50:7; Eze 7:27; Act 10:42; Act 17:31; Rom 2:16; 2 Ti 4:1; 2 Ti 4:8; 1 Sam 2:3]