Miracles

Miracles are signs and wonders done by the power of God, from the exodus through the ministry of the apostles. This page lists verses on God who does wonders, signs in the exodus and in Israel's history, miracles through the apostles and gifts of miracles in the church, why signs were given, unbelief in the face of signs, and false signs.

God who does wonders

• Psalm 77:14
  Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
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• Psalm 136:4
  To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
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• Exodus 15:11
  Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
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• Jeremiah 32:17
  Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
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• Psalm 105:5
  Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
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Signs and wonders in the exodus

• Exodus 7:3-5
  ³And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, ⁴But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. ⁵And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
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• Exodus 14:21-22
  ²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, ²²And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
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• Exodus 16:14-15
  ¹⁴And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
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• Exodus 17:6
  Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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• Deuteronomy 4:34
  Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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Miracles in Israel's history

• Joshua 10:12-14
  ¹²Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” ¹³And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” ¹⁴And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
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• 1 Kings 17:22
  And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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• 1 Kings 18:38-39
  ³⁸Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench. ³⁹And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
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• 2 Kings 5:14
  Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
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• 2 Kings 20:9-11
  ⁹And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?” ¹⁰And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.” ¹¹And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
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• Daniel 6:22
  My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
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Miracles through the apostles

• Acts 2:43
  And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
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• Acts 3:6-8
  ⁶Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” ⁷And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. ⁸And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
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• Acts 5:12
  And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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• Acts 9:40
  But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
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• Acts 19:11-12
  ¹¹And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul, ¹²So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
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Gifts of miracles in the church

• 1 Corinthians 12:7-10
  ⁷But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, ⁹To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
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• 1 Corinthians 12:28-29
  ²⁸And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
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• Galatians 3:5
  He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
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Why signs were given

• Exodus 4:5
  That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
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• Exodus 14:31
  And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
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• John 20:30-31
  ³⁰And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. ³¹But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
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• Mark 16:20
  And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
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• Hebrews 2:3-4
  ³How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, ⁴God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
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• Acts 14:3
  Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
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Signs and unbelief

• Psalm 78:32
  For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
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• John 12:37
  But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
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• Matthew 12:38-39
  ³⁸Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” ³⁹But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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• Luke 16:31
  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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False signs and lying wonders

• Deuteronomy 13:1-3
  ¹If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, ²And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” ³Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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• Exodus 7:11-12
  ¹¹Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts. ¹²For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
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• Matthew 24:24
  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:9
  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
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• Revelation 13:13-14
  ¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people. ¹⁴And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
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See also

• Miracles of Jesus
• Omnipotence of God
• Healing
• Spiritual gifts

Notes

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