Dictionary of Bible Themes
Human beings can achieve many things, though any achievement which disregards God is futile. God always achieves what he intends. Anything of eternal value needs God-given resources.
Esther 1:4Kinds of human achievement
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Accumulation of wealth
1 Kings 10:231 Kings 10:26-27pp 2Ch 9:22
Job 42:12Ecclesiastes 2:4-9pp 2Ch 9:27
Genesis 41:41-43See also
Political power
1 Kings 4:21Esther 1:1; 10:2-3Daniel 2:37-38,48pp 2Ch 9:26
1 Kings 7:1-12Daniel 4:30Buildings
Mark 13:11 Kings 4:32-34Ecclesiastes 1:13-16Great learning
Daniel 1:17Genesis 14:14-16Exodus 17:8-13Military victory
Joshua 8:24-26Judges 4:14-161 Samuel 18:72 Samuel 22:35-431 Samuel 14:6-14; 17:50pp Ps 18:34-42
2 Samuel 23:8-21Acts of courage
Romans 15:19pp 1Ch 11:11-23
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Spiritual achievements
Luke 10:17John 14:12Acts 14:3; 20:26-272 Corinthians 3:1-31 John 2:13-14Revelation 2:19Isaiah 10:12-15Limitations of human achievements
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Human achievements can lead to pride
Deuteronomy 8:10-182 Chronicles 26:16Daniel 4:29-30Luke 12:16-20See also
Human achievements can give false security
2 Kings 19:11-132 Kings 19:21-28pp Isa 37:11-13
Jeremiah 48:71 Timothy 6:17pp Isa 37:21-29
Revelation 18:7-8Ecclesiastes 2:11See also
Human achievements are ultimately futile
Psalms 39:6
Ecclesiastes 2:17-23Isaiah 40:6Habakkuk 2:13Acts 13:39Romans 5:1Human achievements do not lead to justification
1 Corinthians 6:11Galatians 2:15-16,21Genesis 11:1-9God can thwart human achievements
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Job 5:12God will overthrow all human achievement that is in opposition to him.
Psalms 33:10
Isaiah 13:19Revelation 18:10,16-19Isaiah 46:10God's achievements
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God's purposes are always accomplished
Job 42:2Isaiah 14:24; 55:10-11Jeremiah 23:20; 30:24Psalms 104:24
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Creation as God's achievement
Genesis 1:1,31Psalms 104:2-23
Isaiah 40:25-26Hebrews 7:25See also
Salvation as God's achievement
John 17:4; 19:28,30Acts 4:12Philippians 1:6Hebrews 10:14; 12:2Psalms 127:1
Spiritual resources for human achievements
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Achieving things with God's help
2 Samuel 22:302 Chronicles 26:5Zechariah 4:6-9pp Ps 18:29
John 15:5Acts 1:8Romans 15:18-191 Corinthians 3:6Philippians 2:13; 4:13Mark 9:23See also
Achieving things by faith
Matthew 17:20; 21:21Luke 17:6pp Mk 11:22-23
John 14:13-14See also
Achieving things through prayer
1 Samuel 1:27James 5:16-182 Corinthians 4:17See also
Achievements out of trials and sorrows
Romans 5:3-42 Corinthians 7:10; 12:7-10James 1:2-4Galatians 6:2See also
Achieving things with the help of fellow believers
Acts 2:42-45; 4:32-37; 5:12-16Philippians 4:13-14,18Hebrews 10:24-25See also
1130 God, sovereignty2530 Christ, death of5785 ambition5811 compromise5864 futility5954 strength5960 success8023 faith, necessity8420 equipping8441 goals8610 prayer, asking God8802 pride 
