What does YHVH look like?
Mankind made in the image of God
Genesis 1:26-27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 9:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
James 3:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
YHVH has a face
Deuteronomy 31:18 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.
Exodus 33:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”
Numbers 6:24-26 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’
Psalm 17:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
Psalm 31:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness.
Psalm 80:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
Psalm 80:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
Psalm 89:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance.
Revelation 22:3-5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
Matthew 18:10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
YHVH has eyes
Deuteronomy 11:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.
First Peter 3:12 (ESV, English Standard Version)For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
Hebrews 4:13 (ASV, American Standard Version)And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Jeremiah 16:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
Job 28:24 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens.
Proverbs 15:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
Psalm 11:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
Second Chronicles 16:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”
Sirach [Ecclesiasticus] 23:18-19 (RSV, Revised Standard Version)A man who breaks his marriage vows says to himself, “Who sees me? Darkness surrounds me, and the walls hide me, and no one sees me. Why should I fear? The Most High will not take notice of my sins.” His fear is confined to the eyes of men, and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they look upon all the ways of men, and perceive even the hidden places.
Zechariah 4:10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel–these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”
Zechariah 9:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.
YHVH has ears
First Peter 3:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND His ears ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.”
Isaiah 59:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.
Nehemiah 1:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
Psalm 130:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 18:6 (ESV, English Standard Version)In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached His ears.
Psalm 34:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
Second Chronicles 7:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
YHVH has a nose
Exodus 15:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Psalm 18:15 (ESV, English Standard Version)Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psalm 18:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
Second Samuel 22:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
Second Samuel 22:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
YHVH has a mouth
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:15 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))Eternal, Fiery, Shining, Light-Formed, Thunder-Voiced, Lightning-Looking, Many-Eyed,
Deuteronomy 8:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
Ezekiel 10:3-5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD. Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
Isaiah 1:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 40:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Isaiah 58:14 (ESV, English Standard Version)Then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Matthew 4:4 (ESV, English Standard Version)But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Numbers 30:2 (ESV, English Standard Version)If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Psalm 33:6 (ESV, English Standard Version)By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
YHVH has hair
Daniel 7:9-10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. “A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened.
YHVH has a back
Exodus 33:18-23 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” Then the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. “Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
Jeremiah 18:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their calamity.’”
YHVH has feet
Acts 7:49 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE footstool of My feet; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord, ‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
Ezekiel 43:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die,
Leviticus 26:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
YHVH has a heart
Isaiah 63:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For the day of vengeance was in My heart, And My year of redemption has come.
Second Kings 10:30 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
YHVH has a hands
Acts 7:50 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)WAS IT NOT My hand WHICH MADE ALL THESE THINGS?’
Assumption of Moses 12:9 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)The lights of the heaven, the foundations of the earth have been made and approved by God and are under the signet ring of His right hand.
Revelation 5:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
YHVH has a waist
Ezekiel 1:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him.
Ezekiel 8:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of a man; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance of glowing metal.
YHVH has clothes
Daniel 7:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
Psalm 104:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
The Throne of YHVH
Acts 7:48-50 (ASV, American Standard Version)Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet, The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?
Daniel 7:9 (ESV, English Standard Version)As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire.
Ezekiel 1:26 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.
First Enoch 14:18-21 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of cherubim. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason
Isaiah 6:1 (ESV, English Standard Version)In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Jeremiah 17:12 (ESV, English Standard Version)A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Psalm 11:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
Psalm 123:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
Psalm 45:6 (ESV, English Standard Version)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.
Psalm 47:8 (ESV, English Standard Version)God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
Psalm 89:14 (ESV, English Standard Version)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Psalm 97:2 (ESV, English Standard Version)Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Revelation 4:2 (ESV, English Standard Version)At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
Revelation 5:1-14 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it. Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; and one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.” And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.” And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation 6:15-17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
Second Chronicles 18:18 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
Throne of Sapphire
Exodus 24:9-11 (ESV, English Standard Version)Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
Exodus 24:9-11 (TRG, Targums)Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel ascended; and they saw the God of Israel-under whose feet was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity. Yet [God] did not raise a hand against the leaders of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
Exodus 31:18 (TRG, Targums)And He gave to Moses, when He had finished speaking with him in Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of sapphire-stone from the throne of glory, weighing forty sein, written by the finger of God.
Ezekiel 1:26 (ESV, English Standard Version)And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.
Ezekiel 1:26 (TRG, Targums)Now above the firmament that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, as the appearance of sapphire stone; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.
First Enoch 18:8 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)But the middle one reached to heaven like the throne of God, of alabaster, and the summit of the
What does YHVH do? (What are his ways?)
Deuteronomy 28:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Genesis 18:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
Isaiah 2:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
John 5:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
Psalm 25:8-9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.
Psalm 86:11 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.
Second Esdras [4th Ezra] 7:19-24 (1611 KJV, King James Version)And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest. For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them. For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spoke against him, and imagined vain things; And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways: But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.
YHVH is a Father
Deuteronomy 32:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
Ephesians 4:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
First Peter 4:19 (ASV, American Standard Version)Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
Isaiah 63:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD, are our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.
Isaiah 64:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.
Jeremiah 31:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.”
John 20:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
Malachi 2:10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Psalm 68:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
YHVH created all things
Acts 14:15 (ASV, American Standard Version)and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
Assumption of Moses 10:9 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And God will exalt thee, And He will cause thee to approach to the heaven of the stars, And He will establish thy habitation among them. 10.And thou wilt look from on high and wilt see thy enemies in Ge(henna), And thou wilt recognize them and rejoice, And thou wilt give thanks and confess thy Creator.
First Corinthians 8:5-6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
Genesis 1:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 37:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 40:28 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
Isaiah 44:24 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,
Jeremiah 10:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)It is He who made the earth by His power,Who established the world by His wisdom;And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
Matthew 20:23 (ASV, American Standard Version)He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.
Nehemiah 9:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You.
Psalm 148:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created.
Revelation 14:7 (ASV, American Standard Version)and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
Romans 11:33-36 (ASV, American Standard Version)O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.
Acts 17:24-27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
Can YHVH Be seen?
Exodus 24:9-11 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank.
Exodus 33:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”
Exodus 6:2-3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD; and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
First John 4:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Hebrews 11:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.
Job 19:25-27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. “Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!
Job 22:14 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.’
John 1:18 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
John 6:46 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.
Seeing YHVH in the future
First John 1:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
First John 3:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
Isaiah 59:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
Matthew 5:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Psalm 24:3-6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face–even Jacob. Selah.
Second Chronicles 7:14 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Character of YHVH
YHVH cannot lie
First Samuel 15:29 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”
Numbers 23:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Romans 3:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED.”
Titus 1:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
YHVH is love
First John 4:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
YHVH is the God of peace
First Corinthians 14:33 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
Romans 15:33 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
YHVH is the just, benevolent, Bountiful, faithful, compassionate Gracious, Patient, righteous, and merciful One
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:12 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))Wise, Lover Of Men, Favorable, Generous, Bountiful, Jealous Over Me, Patient, Most Merciful,
First Corinthians 10:13 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
Psalm 116:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.
Second Peter 3:9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
YHVH is the lover of men
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:12 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))Wise, Lover Of Men, Favorable, Generous, Bountiful, Jealous Over Me, Patient, Most Merciful,
Numbers 23:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Testament of Joseph 2:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)For God is not a man. He cannot be ashamed, afraid, weak, or thrust aside. In every situation, he is there to comfort. He only departs for a little while to try your soul.
YHVH has a Name
Jubilees 23:21 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And those who have escaped shall not return from their wickedness to the way of righteousness, but they shall all exalt themselves to deceit and wealth, that they may each take all that is his neighbour’s, and they shall name the great name, but not in truth and not in righteousness, and they shall defile the holy of holies with their uncleanness and the corruption of their pollution.
Jubilees 45:4 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)It is enough for me that I have seen thy face whilst I am yet alive; yea, true is the vision which I saw at Bethel. Blessed be the Lord my God for ever and ever, and blessed be His name.’
Revelation 3:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
“In the Name of the Lord”
Acts 16:18 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.
Acts 9:14 (ASV, American Standard Version)and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.
Ephesians 5:20 (ASV, American Standard Version)giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
First Corinthians 6:11 (ASV, American Standard Version)And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
James 5:10 (ASV, American Standard Version)Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
James 5:14 (ASV, American Standard Version)Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Luke 19:38 (ASV, American Standard Version)saying, Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Psalm 118:26 (ASV, American Standard Version)Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah: We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.
Blaspheme of the Name
First Timothy 6:1 (ASV, American Standard Version)Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
Revelation 16:9 (ASV, American Standard Version)And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.
Call on the Name
Acts 15:17 (ASV, American Standard Version)That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
Acts 22:16 (ASV, American Standard Version)And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
Acts 9:21 (ASV, American Standard Version)And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.
First Corinthians 1:2 (ASV, American Standard Version)unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours:
Confess the name
Hebrews 13:15 (ASV, American Standard Version)Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
Revelation 3:4-6 (ASV, American Standard Version)But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Deny the Name
Revelation 3:8 (ASV, American Standard Version)I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.
Second Timothy 2:19 (ASV, American Standard Version)Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
For the sake of the Name
Acts 15:26 (ASV, American Standard Version)men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 9:16 (ASV, American Standard Version)for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Revelation 2:3 (ASV, American Standard Version)and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.
Third John 1:7 (ASV, American Standard Version)because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
Reverence to the Name
Acts 19:13-17 (ASV, American Standard Version)But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
First Peter 4:14-17 (ASV, American Standard Version)If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters: but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name. For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Revelation 11:18 (ASV, American Standard Version)And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
Other Attributes
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:1-21 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))And while he was still speaking, behold, a fire was coming toward us round about, and a sound was in the fire like a sound of many waters, like a sound of the sea in its uproar. And the angel bowed with me and worshiped. And I wanted to fall face down to the earth. And the place of elevation on which we both stood sometimes was on high, sometimes rolled down. And he said, “Only worship, Abraham, and recite the song which I taught you.” Since there was no earth to fall to, I only bowed down and recited the song which he had taught me. And he said, “Recite without ceasing.” And I recited, and he himself recited the song: “O, Eternal, Mighty, Holy El, God Autocrat, Self-Begotten, Incorruptible, Immaculate, Unbegotten, Spotless, Immortal, Self-Created, Self-Illuminated, Without Mother, Without Father, Without Genealogy, High, Fiery, Wise, Lover Of Men, Favorable, Generous, Bountiful, Jealous Over Me, Patient, Most Merciful, Eli {that is, my God,} Eternal, Mighty, Holy Sabaoth, Most Glorious El, El, El, El, Yahoel. You are he whom my soul has loved, the Guardian, Eternal, Fiery, Shining, Light-Formed, Thunder-Voiced, Lightning-Looking, Many-Eyed, receiving the entreaties of those who honor you and turning away from the entreaties of those who besiege you by the siege of their provocation, releases those who are in the midst of the impious, those who are confused among the unrighteous of the inhabited world in the corruptible life, renewing the life of the righteous. You make the light shine before the morning light upon your creation from your face in order to bring the day on the earth. And in your heavenly dwellings there is an inexhaustible other light of an inexpressible splendor from the lights of your face. Accept my prayer, and let it be sweet to you, and also the sacrifice which you yourself made to yourself through me who searched for you. Receive me favorably and show to me, and teach me, and make known to your servant as you have promised me.”
Exodus 34:6-7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
“13 Attributes of YHVH” according to Jewish custom.
YHVH is immortal
First Peter 5:10 (ASV, American Standard Version)And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
First Timothy 6:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Habakkuk 1:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge; And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
Isaiah 43:13 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?”
Job 36:26 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.
Psalm 102:26-27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. “But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
Revelation 1:8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Second Baruch [Apocalypse of Baruch] 21:9-10 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))For you alone are able to sustain all who are, and those who have passed away, and those who are to be, those who sin, and those righteous. For you alone do live immortal and past finding out, and know the number of mankind
YHVH is all knowing
Assumption of Moses 12:13 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)For God will go forth who has foreseen all things for ever, and His covenant has been established and the oath which
First John 3:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
Job 37:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds, The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,
Proverbs 15:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
Psalm 139:1-4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
Psalm 147:4-5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.
First Peter 1:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
The Father is all knowing
The Didache 3:10 (G.C. Allen Translation)The events that befall thee thou shalt accept as good, knowing that nothing happens without God.
Wisdom of Solomon [Book of Wisdom] 1:7-9 (NABRE, New American Bible Revised Edition)For the spirit of the Lord fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows whatever is said. Therefore those who utter wicked things will not go unnoticed,nor will chastising condemnation pass them by. For the devices of the wicked shall be scrutinized, and the sound of their words shall reach the Lord, for the chastisement of their transgressions;
YHVH cannot change
James 1:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
Malachi 3:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Psalm 102:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
YHVH is invisible
Colossians 1:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
First Timothy 6:16-17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Hebrews 11:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.
YHVH is the Most High
Daniel 4:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And bestows it on whom He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of men.”
Isaiah 57:15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 1:32 (ASV, American Standard Version)He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke 1:76 (ASV, American Standard Version)Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
YHVH is the great and holy one
First Enoch 10:1 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,
YHVH is a Spirit
The heavenly have a spiritual body
John 4:24 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Second Corinthians 3:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
YHVH is the Lord of Spirits
First Enoch 37:4-5 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by the Lord of Spirits as I have received according to my insight, according to the good pleasure of the Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me. Now three Parables were imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the earth.
YHVH is the God of gods and Lord of lords
Deuteronomy 10:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.
YHVH has a soul
Jeremiah 32:41 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
Jubilees 1:15 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And I will disclose to them abounding peace with righteousness, and I will remove them the plant of uprightness, with all My heart and with all My soul, and they shall be for a blessing and not for a curse, and they shall be the head and not the tail.
Leviticus 26:11 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you.
YHVH is a consuming fire
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:15 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))Eternal, Fiery, Shining, Light-Formed, Thunder-Voiced, Lightning-Looking, Many-Eyed,
First Enoch 14:21-24 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And the most holy ones who were nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ‘ Come hither,
Hebrews 12:29 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)for our God is a consuming fire.
YHVH is the eternal protector
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:14 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))You are he whom my soul has loved, the Guardian,
Genesis 15:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”
YHVH’s voice is like many waters
Apocalypse of Abraham 17:1-2 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))And while he was still speaking, behold, a fire was coming toward us round about, and a sound was in the fire like a sound of many waters, like a sound of the sea in its uproar. And the angel bowed with me and worshiped.
Ezekiel 43:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.
YHVH is light
First John 1:5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Psalm 104:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
YHVH is the father of lights
James 1:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
YHVH is our God
John 20:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
Revelation 21:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,
