Finger of God

A figure of speech which gives expression to God's creative power and authority over his creation.

God creates with his finger

Psalm 8:3 See also Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 64:8

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place —

God writes with his finger

He writes the law

Exodus 31:18 See also Exodus 24:12, Exodus 32:16, Exodus 34:1

When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

He writes judgment

Daniel 5:5 See also Daniel 5:24–28

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

God works miracles with his finger

He sends plagues

Exodus 8:19

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

He exorcises evil spirits

Luke 11:20

But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.