Omniscience of God

The omniscience of God is the teaching that God knows all things. The word is not in the Bible; this page lists the verses that describe God as knowing every heart, thought, and action, and the future.

God knows all things

• 1 John 3:20
  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
  Show context · Read 1 John 3 →
• Psalm 147:5
  Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  Show context · Read Psalm 147 →
• Hebrews 4:13
  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  Show context · Read Hebrews 4 →
• Job 37:16
  Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
  Show context · Read Job 37 →

He knows the heart and thoughts

• Psalm 139:1-4
  ¹O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.O LORD, You have searched me and known me. ²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. ³Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
  Show context · Read Psalm 139 →
• 1 Samuel 16:7
  But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
  Show context · Read 1 Samuel 16 →
• Jeremiah 17:10
  I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
  Show context · Read Jeremiah 17 →
• 1 Chronicles 28:9
  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  Show context · Read 1 Chronicles 28 →

His eyes are in every place

• Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
  Show context · Read Proverbs 15 →
• 2 Chronicles 16:9
  For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
  Show context · Read 2 Chronicles 16 →
• Matthew 10:29-30
  ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. ³⁰But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
  Show context · Read Matthew 10 →

He knows the end from the beginning

• Isaiah 46:9-10
  ⁹Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. ¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
  Show context · Read Isaiah 46 →
• Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
  Show context · Read Isaiah 42 →
• Psalm 139:16
  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
  Show context · Read Psalm 139 →

He knows what we need

• Matthew 6:8
  Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
  Show context · Read Matthew 6 →
• Matthew 6:32
  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  Show context · Read Matthew 6 →

His understanding is unsearchable

• Romans 11:33
  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  Show context · Read Romans 11 →
• Isaiah 40:28
  Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  Show context · Read Isaiah 40 →
• Isaiah 55:8-9
  ⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. ⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
  Show context · Read Isaiah 55 →

See also

• God
• Omnipresence of God
• Sovereignty of God
• Wisdom

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.