50+ Illuminating Scriptures for Guidance in Decision Making

Published June 28, 2023

Imagine yourself standing at a crossroad, not knowing which path to choose. It can be disconcerting, right? Making decisions can feel like that sometimes – confusing and unnerving. 

In life, we often find ourselves in this situation –  standing at crossroads and faced with decisions that shape our future and influence our happiness. In times like this, the best thing we can do is seek His wisdom and guidance.

As Catholics, we are called to use the wisdom of the Scriptures as we make decisions in our lives. During such moments of uncertainty, His words provide comfort and guidance. They are an illuminating source of direction for decision-making.

To help you discern God’s will in your life, we’re listing some of the most illuminating scriptures for guidance in decision-making. Whether you’re looking for clarity or comfort – or both – this curated list is sure to provide just what you need.

Bible Verses About Praying for Direction and Guidance

1. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. – Proverbs 4:5
2. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:6
3. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death. – Proverbs 13:14
4. To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. – Proverbs 16:1
5. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. – Isaiah 30:21
6. In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. – Proverbs 16:9
7. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. – Matthew 7:7
8. How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! – Proverbs 16:16
9. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. – 2 Timothy 3:16
10. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. – 1 John 5:14-15
11. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12
12. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to him. – James 1:5
13. Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. – Jeremiah 33:3
14. I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. – John 5:30
15. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. – John 16:13
16. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33
17. Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance. – Proverbs 1:5
18. For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. – 2 Timothy 1:7

Bible Verses About Making Wise Choices

1. Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. – 2 John 1:8
2. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. – Joshua 24:15
3. So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. – Colossians 2:6-7
4. Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. – Proverbs 13:18
5. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9
6. Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. – Proverbs 16:32
7. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. – Proverbs 13:20
8. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, – Deuteronomy 30:19