Mt 1:1 – The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mt 9:27 – And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David."
Mt 12:23 – And all the people were amazed, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"
Mt 15:22 – And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."
Mt 20:30 – And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Mt 20:31 – The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Mt 21:9 – And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Mt 21:15 – But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant,
Mt 22:42 – saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
Mt 22:45 – If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
Mk 10:47 – And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Mk 10:48 – And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Mk 12:35 – And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mk 12:37 – David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.
Lk 18:38 – And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Lk 18:39 – And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Lk 20:41 – But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
Lk 20:44 – David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
Rev 22:16 – "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
Other references to Jesus being David’s descendant
Lk 1:32 – He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
Lk 1:69 – and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
Lk 2:4 – And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Jn 7:42 – Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
Acts 13:34 – And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
Cf. Isa 55:3
Rom 1:3 – concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
Rev 5:5 – And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."
Significance of “Son of David”
God’s promise to David (2 Sam 7:12-16; 1 Chr 17:11-14)
The throne of David and his son shall be established forever (2 Sam 7:16; 1 Chr 17:14)
Prophecies concerning the Son of David (Isa 9:6-7; 11:1-10; Jer 33:15-17; Ezek 34:23-24; 37:24-25; Hos 3:5; Amos 9:11; cf. Acts 15:16-17)
Jesus Christ is given the throne of David (Lk 1:32-33)
Jesus is David’s son as well as his Lord (Mt 22:42-45; Mk 12:35-37; Ps 110:1)
Jesus is also called the “Son of God,” a term signifying that Jesus is the anointed king (see <topic id=“755” startswith=“Jesus is God’s anointed king” nth=“1”>Son of God</topic>)
“Christ” linked to the Son of David [footnote text=“"Christ" means "the Anointed One."”]
Mt 1:1 – The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mt 22:42 – saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
Mk 12:35 – And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Lk 20:41 – But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
Jn 7:42 – Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
“Son of David” referring to Joseph
Mt 1:20 – But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Cf. Lk 1:27
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Gen 41:39 – Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.
Ex 28:3 – You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Ex 31:6 – And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
Ex 35:35 – He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver–by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
Ex 36:1 – "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."
Ex 36:2 – And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
1 Kgs 3:9 – Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
1 Kgs 3:12 – behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
1 Kgs 3:28 – And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
1 Kgs 4:29 – And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,
1 Kgs 5:12 – And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
1 Kgs 10:24 – And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
1 Chr 22:12 – Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
2 Chr 1:10 – Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"
2 Chr 1:12 – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."
2 Chr 2:12 – Hiram also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
2 Chr 9:23 – And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
Job 32:8 – But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
Job 35:11 – who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Job 38:36 – Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
Ps 19:7 – The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
Ps 51:6 – Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Ps 105:22 – to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:34 – Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:73 – Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Ps 119:66 – Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Ps 119:98 – Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 119:169 – Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!
Prov 2:6 – For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Prov 2:10 – for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Prov 3:13 – Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Prov 2:7 – he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Dan 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Dan 2:20 – Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might.
Dan 2:21 – He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;
Dan 2:23 – To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter."
Dan 4:34 – At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
Dan 4:36 – At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.
Dan 10:1 – In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
Lk 21:15 – for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
1 Cor 12:8 – To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Jas 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Jas 3:17 – But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Pet 3:15 – And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
Be hidden by God
Can not be found
Job 28:12 – "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:20 – "From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 32:9 – It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
Job 32:13 – Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.'
Prov 24:7 – Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Eccl 7:23 – All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.
Understood by God
Job 12:13 – "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
Job 28:23 – "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
Job 35:11 – who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
Belonging to men
Ex 1:10 – Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land." [footnote text=“"Let us deal shrewdly" is literally "let us deal wisely."”]
1 Kgs 4:31 – For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
Job 13:5 – Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
Ps 105:22 – to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
Ps 107:27 – they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Isa 10:13 – For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Isa 44:25 – who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Jer 8:9 – The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Jer 49:7 – Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Ezek 28:4 – by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Ezek 28:7 – therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
Dan 2:30 – But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.
Dan 11:33 – And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
Hos 13:2 – And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"
Obad 1:8 – Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
Zech 9:2 – and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
1 Cor 1:19 – For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."
1 Cor 1:20 – Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
1 Cor 1:22 – For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
1 Cor 2:5 – that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1 Cor 2:6 – Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
1 Cor 2:13 – And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
2 Cor 1:12 – For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Col 2:23 – These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
1 Tim 6:20 – O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
Belonging to the earth/unspiritual/demonic
Isa 3:3 – the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.
1 Cor 2:6 – Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
Jas 3:15 – This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Rev 13:18 – This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Abilities given by wisdom to men
Ability to judge
1 Sam 3:8 – And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the young man.
2 Sam 12:19 – But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
2 Sam 14:20 – In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
1 Kgs 3:9 – Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
1 Kgs 3:21 – When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne."
Ezra 8:15 – I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.
Job 18:2 – "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
Prov 1:2 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
Prov 14:15 – The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
Prov 14:33 – Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
Prov 20:5 – The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Prov 23:1 – When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,
Prov 28:11 – A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
Prov 28:16 – A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Prov 29:7 – A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
Eccl 1:13 – And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
Eccl 1:17 – And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Eccl 2:3 – I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine–my heart still guiding me with wisdom–and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
Eccl 2:12 – So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Eccl 2:13 – Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
Eccl 7:23 – All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.
Eccl 7:25 – I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
Eccl 8:1 – Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Eccl 8:16 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,
Eccl 9:13 – I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
Isa 14:16 – Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
Jer 2:10 – For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
Phm 1:6 – and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
Ability to govern
Gen 41:33 – Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deut 1:13 – Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
2 Sam 20:22 – Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Kgs 2:6 – Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
1 Chr 12:32 – Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.
1 Chr 27:32 – Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe. He and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king's sons.
2 Chr 11:23 – And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them.
Ps 78:72 – With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.
Ps 105:22 – to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
Prov 24:5 – A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
Eccl 7:19 – Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Eccl 9:15 – But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Eccl 9:16 – But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Eccl 9:18 – Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Acts 7:22 – And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
Ability to communicate
1 Sam 16:18 – One of the young men answered, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the LORD is with him."
Job 20:3 – I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
Job 32:6 – And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
Job 32:10 – Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
Job 32:11 – "Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
Job 32:17 – I also will answer with my share; I also will declare my opinion.
Job 33:3 – My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
Prov 11:12 – Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Acts 7:22 – And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
Col 4:5 – Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
Ability to understand
Job 20:3 – I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
Prov 1:4 – to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth–
Prov 1:5 – Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Prov 1:6 – to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Prov 8:9 – They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Dan 1:4 – youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Rom 14:5 – One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Ability to discern
Prov 1:4 – to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth–
Prov 2:11 – discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
Prov 3:21 – My son, do not lose sight of these–keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Prov 5:2 – that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
Prov 8:12 – "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Prov 8:14 – I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
Prov 22:20 – Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
Ability to create
1 Kgs 7:14 – He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
1 Chr 28:21 – And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command."
1 Chr 25:7 – The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was 288.
2 Chr 2:13 – "Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi,
2 Chr 34:12 – And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,
Ability to learn
Judg 3:2 – It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.
Dan 1:4 – youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Acts 7:22 – And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
Ability to be prudent
Prov 14:8 – The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Benefits of having wisdom
Have speech that edify
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Prov 5:2 – that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
Prov 8:1 – Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Prov 10:13 – On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 15:2 – The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Prov 15:7 – The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
Prov 16:21 – The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
Prov 18:4 – The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Prov 20:15 – There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Prov 31:26 – She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Eccl 10:10 – If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
Eccl 12:9 – Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
Gain blessings and gladness
Prov 3:13 – Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Prov 10:23 – Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Prov 23:15 – My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
Prov 27:11 – Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Prov 29:3 – He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Eccl 7:11 – Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.
Eccl 10:10 – If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
Gain deliverance
Prov 9:12 – If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Prov 11:9 – With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Prov 19:8 – Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.
Prov 28:26 – Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Eccl 7:12 – For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Lead others to God
Deut 32:29 – If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
Prov 2:5 – then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Col 1:28 – Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Col 3:16 – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Gain riches and honor
1 Kgs 4:31 – For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
Ps 105:22 – to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
Prov 14:18 – The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Prov 24:4 – by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Gain stability
Prov 9:1 – Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
Prov 14:1 – The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Prov 24:3 – By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Prov 28:2 – When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
Gain hope
Prov 24:14 – Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Ways to gain wisdom
Hear carefully
1 Kgs 4:34 – And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 10:8 – Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
2 Chr 9:7 – Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Job 32:10 – Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
Job 33:33 – If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
Job 34:16 – "If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.
Prov 1:5 – Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Prov 1:20 – Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
Prov 2:2 – making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Prov 4:1 – Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Prov 8:1 – Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Prov 8:33 – Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Prov 13:10 – By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Prov 18:15 – An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Prov 22:17 – Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
Prov 23:12 – Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
Prov 23:19 – Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
Encourage and take advice
Job 32:7 – I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'
Job 26:3 – How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Job 33:33 – If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Ps 49:3 – My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Prov 5:2 – that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
Prov 10:13 – On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Prov 13:10 – By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Prov 15:2 – The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Prov 15:7 – The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
Prov 16:21 – The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
Prov 18:4 – The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Prov 31:26 – She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Eccl 12:9 – Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
Keep and value wisdom
Prov 3:21 – My son, do not lose sight of these–keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Prov 2:10 – for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Prov 4:5 – Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Prov 4:7 – The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Prov 7:4 – Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Prov 8:10 – Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Prov 8:11 – for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Prov 10:23 – Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Prov 12:1 – Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Prov 16:16 – How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Prov 20:15 – There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Prov 23:23 – Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Learn and practice
1 Chr 15:22 – Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.
1 Chr 25:7 – The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was 288.
1 Chr 25:8 – And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
2 Chr 34:12 – And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,
Job 6:24 – "Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
Prov 4:1 – Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Prov 8:5 – O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.
Prov 9:9 – Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Prov 10:14 – The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
Prov 12:23 – A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
Prov 15:14 – The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Prov 17:27 – Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Prov 30:3 – I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Consider and perceive
1 Kgs 10:4 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 10:7 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
2 Chr 9:3 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
2 Chr 9:6 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
Dan 1:20 – And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
Prov 6:6 – Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Prov 7:7 – and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,
Prov 17:24 – The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Prov 29:19 – By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond.
Prov 30:24 – Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
Eccl 2:3 – I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine–my heart still guiding me with wisdom–and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
Eccl 2:12 – So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Eccl 2:13 – Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
Eccl 7:25 – I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
Eccl 8:16 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,
Eccl 9:11 – Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
Eccl 9:13 – I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
Give attention
Prov 2:2 – making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Prov 2:3 – yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
Prov 15:14 – The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Prov 18:15 – An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Eccl 1:13 – And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
Eccl 7:25 – I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
Eccl 8:16 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,
1 Cor 1:22 – For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
Walk in the way
Prov 4:5 – Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Prov 4:11 – I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Prov 9:6 – Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
Prov 13:16 – In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
Prov 15:21 – Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
Prov 19:27 – Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Receive discipline
Prov 12:1 – Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Prov 17:10 – A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Prov 19:20 – Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Prov 19:25 – Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Prov 21:11 – When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Prov 29:15 – The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Prov 29:19 – By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond.
Be humble
Prov 11:2 – When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
Prov 14:8 – The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Prov 23:4 – Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Prov 30:2 – Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
Be at peace
Prov 11:12 – Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Prov 14:29 – Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Prov 17:28 – Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Be experienced
Judg 3:2 – It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.
Eccl 1:13 – And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
Eccl 1:16 – I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
Be older
Job 12:12 – Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
Walk with the wise
Prov 13:20 – Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Characteristics of lacking wisdom
Speak as a fool
Job 34:35 – 'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'
Job 35:16 – Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."
Prov 13:16 – In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
Prov 14:7 – Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Prov 15:2 – The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Prov 17:28 – Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Prov 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Be a scoffer
Job 32:9 – It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
Ps 58:5 – so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
Prov 14:6 – A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Prov 18:1 – Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
Love to do wrong
Prov 10:23 – Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Be deceived and deceiving
Prov 14:8 – The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Be a fool
Prov 15:14 – The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Led astray by wine
Prov 20:1 – Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Results of lacking wisdom
Destroy others
Prov 14:7 – Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Prov 11:9 – With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Make the wrong choice
Prov 1:22 – "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Prov 15:21 – Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
Prov 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Be fools
Prov 12:23 – A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
Prov 14:18 – The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Prov 15:2 – The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Prov 17:16 – Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Eccl 7:10 – Say not, "Why were the former days better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Be deceived
Obad 1:7 – All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you–you have no understanding.
Commit sins
Prov 19:2 – Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Squander wealth
Prov 29:3 – He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Receive God’s intervention
Job 5:12 – He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Limitations of wisdom
Limitation of effectiveness
Job 6:13 – Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
Ps 107:27 – they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Eccl 9:11 – Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
Eccl 9:18 – Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Eccl 10:1 – Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Isa 44:25 – who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Jer 49:7 – Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
1 Cor 1:17 – For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Cor 2:1 – And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1 Cor 2:4 – and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Cor 2:5 – that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1 Cor 2:13 – And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Cor 14:14 – For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
Eph 3:19 – and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Col 2:23 – These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
Limitation of knowledge
Job 13:2 – What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
Job 15:2 – "Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15:8 – Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 15:9 – What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Ps 19:12 – Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Job 26:14 – Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
Job 36:29 – Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
Job 37:16 – Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,
Job 38:4 – "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Job 38:18 – Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
Job 38:20 – that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
Job 39:26 – "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Ps 19:12 – Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Prov 20:24 – A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
Isa 33:19 – You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
Limitation of authority
Job 21:22 – Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?
Job 38:2 – "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Prov 21:30 – No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.
Eccl 2:19 – and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Isa 44:25 – who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Obad 1:8 – Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
1 Cor 1:20 – Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Cor 2:13 – And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
Limitation of life
Job 12:2 – "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 14:21 – His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Eccl 2:15 – Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Obad 1:8 – Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
1 Cor 13:8 – Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Eccl 9:10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
1 Cor 2:6 – Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
Its value may not be esteemed
Eccl 9:13 – I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
Eccl 9:15 – But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Eccl 9:16 – But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Misuse of wisdom
Make one proud
Isa 10:13 – For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
Dan 11:37 – He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
1 Cor 8:1 – Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up.
Col 2:18 – Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
Become wicked
Ex 1:10 – Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land." [footnote text=“"Let us deal shrewdly" is literally "let us deal wisely."”]
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Jer 4:22 – "For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'–in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."
Dan 8:23 – And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
Dan 11:30 – For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Seek wealth
Eccl 2:21 – because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ezek 28:4 – by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Ezek 28:7 – therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
1 Tim 6:5 – and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Reject God’s wisdom
Jer 8:9 – The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?
Hos 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
1 Tim 6:5 – and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Make idols
Jer 10:14 – Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Jer 51:17 – Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Hos 13:2 – And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"
Follow fleshly desires
Rom 7:23 – but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Col 2:18 – Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
Jas 3:15 – This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Increase sorrows
Eccl 1:18 – For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Eccl 2:21 – because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Destroy oneself
Eccl 7:16 – Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Characteristics of the wisdom of God
It is revealed
Men and animals could not understand
Job 34:35 – 'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'
Job 35:16 – Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."
Job 36:12 – But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Job 38:2 – "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Job 39:17 – because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
Ps 82:5 – They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Ps 92:6 – The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
Isa 6:9 – And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isa 6:10 – Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Isa 44:18 – They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Dan 8:27 – And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision and did not understand it.
Dan 12:8 – I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"
Dan 12:10 – Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
God makes it known to men
Num 24:16 – the oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
Ps 19:7 – The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
Ps 119:130 – The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
Prov 2:7 – he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isa 11:9 – They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 29:24 – And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction."
Isa 40:21 – Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isa 43:10 – "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
Isa 52:15 – so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.
Jer 23:20 – The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
Jer 30:24 – The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
Dan 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Dan 8:16 – And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
Dan 8:17 – So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end."
Dan 10:1 – In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
Dan 10:14 – and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come."
Lk 24:45 – Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
1 Cor 13:2 – And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 1:10 – so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
1 Tim 2:4 – who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Tim 2:25 – correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
2 Tim 3:7 – always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
Tit 1:1 – Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
2 Pet 1:2 – May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
It is transcendent
1 Kgs 4:29 – And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,
1 Kgs 10:7 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
1 Kgs 10:23 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
2 Chr 1:12 – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."
2 Chr 9:6 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
2 Chr 9:22 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
Eccl 1:16 – I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
Dan 1:20 – And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
Mt 13:54 – and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Mk 6:2 – And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?
Lk 21:15 – for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
It is good
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Prov 17:27 – Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Prov 19:2 – Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Rom 15:14 – I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
Jas 3:13 – Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Jas 3:17 – But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Expressions of the wisdom of God
Knowledge of the Lord
Isa 11:9 – They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Jer 3:15 – "'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Hab 2:14 – For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Lk 1:77 – to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
Lk 11:52 – Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."
Rom 2:20 – an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth–
Rom 10:2 – I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom 15:14 – I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
1 Cor 1:5 – that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge–
1 Cor 8:1 – Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Cor 8:7 – However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Cor 8:10 – For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
1 Cor 8:11 – And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 12:8 – To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
1 Cor 13:2 – And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Cor 13:8 – Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Cor 14:6 – Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
2 Cor 2:14 – But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2 Cor 4:6 – For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 6:6 – by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;
2 Cor 8:7 – But as you excel in everything–in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you–see that you excel in this act of grace also.
2 Cor 10:5 – We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
2 Cor 11:6 – Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Eph 4:13 – until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Phil 1:9 – And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 1:10 – so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Col 2:3 – in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 3:10 – and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
1 Tim 2:4 – who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Tit 1:1 – Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
Heb 10:26 – For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
1 Pet 3:7 – Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
2 Pet 1:2 – May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Pet 1:5 – For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Pet 1:6 – and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
The law
Neh 8:2 – So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
Neh 8:3 – And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Neh 8:7 – Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
Neh 8:8 – They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
Neh 8:9 – And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
Neh 8:12 – And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Neh 10:28 – The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,
Ps 19:7 – The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
Hos 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Mal 2:7 – For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Lk 11:52 – Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."
Rom 2:20 – an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth–
Rom 3:20 – For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The way
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
1 Cor 2:4 – and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
Eph 4:13 – until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Col 3:16 – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
1 Tim 2:4 – who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Tim 6:20 – O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
2 Tim 2:25 – correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
2 Tim 3:7 – always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
2 Tim 3:8 – Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
Heb 10:26 – For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
The path
Job 21:14 – They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Prov 4:11 – I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Hos 14:9 – Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Mysteries
Job 11:6 – and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
1 Cor 2:1 – And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1 Cor 2:7 – But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
1 Cor 13:2 – And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
God’s will
Job 38:2 – "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
The power of the wisdom of God
Power of understanding
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:34 – Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:73 – Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 119:169 – Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!
Prov 2:9 – Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Isa 29:24 – And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction."
Isa 32:4 – The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
Isa 52:15 – so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.
Jer 23:20 – The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
Jer 30:24 – The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
Dan 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Dan 8:16 – And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
Dan 8:17 – So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end."
Dan 9:23 – At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
Dan 10:1 – In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
Dan 10:11 – And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.
Dan 10:12 – Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
Dan 10:14 – and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come."
Dan 12:10 – Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Hos 14:9 – Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
1 Cor 14:15 – What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
1 Cor 14:19 – Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Power of creativity
Ex 28:3 – You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Ex 31:6 – And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
Ex 35:35 – He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver–by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
Ex 36:1 – "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."
Ex 36:2 – And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
Power of judgment
1 Kgs 3:28 – And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
2 Chr 1:10 – Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"
2 Chr 1:11 – God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Mt 11:19 – The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
Lk 7:35 – Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."
2 Thess 2:2 – not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
Rev 17:9 – This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;
Power to carry out duties
Ezra 7:25 – "And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.
Acts 6:3 – Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
Acts 7:10 – and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
Power to speak
Job 33:3 – My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
Lk 21:15 – for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
Acts 6:10 – But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
1 Cor 1:5 – that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge–
2 Cor 8:7 – But as you excel in everything–in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you–see that you excel in this act of grace also.
Power to counsel
2 Chr 2:12 – Hiram also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
Isa 11:2 – And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Results of having the wisdom of God
Receive honor
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
1 Kgs 4:34 – And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 5:12 – And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
1 Kgs 10:4 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 10:6 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
1 Kgs 10:7 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
1 Kgs 10:8 – Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
1 Kgs 10:23 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
1 Kgs 10:24 – And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
2 Chr 1:12 – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."
2 Chr 9:3 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
2 Chr 9:5 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
2 Chr 9:6 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
2 Chr 9:7 – Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
2 Chr 9:23 – And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
Eccl 2:9 – So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
Dan 4:36 – At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.
Acts 7:10 – and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
Get to know God
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Deut 32:29 – If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
Josh 4:24 – so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever."
Prov 2:5 – then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Isa 43:10 – "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
Isa 44:19 – No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
Dan 4:34 – At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 1:10 – so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Col 3:10 – and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Receive blessing and grace
Neh 8:12 – And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isa 33:6 – and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
Jer 22:16 – He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the LORD.
Lk 2:40 – And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
Acts 7:10 – and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
Eph 1:8 – which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
2 Pet 1:2 – May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Receive authority
Deut 34:9 – And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
1 Chr 12:32 – Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.
1 Chr 22:12 – Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
Dan 4:36 – At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.
Acts 7:10 – and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
Please God
Jer 3:15 – "'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Hos 6:6 – For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Lk 2:40 – And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
Lk 2:52 – And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Gain knowledge of salvation
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Lk 1:77 – to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
Rom 3:20 – For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Receive peace
1 Cor 1:10 – I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
1 Pet 3:7 – Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Receive life
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
Know what is hidden
Dan 2:23 – To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter."
Dan 2:30 – But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.
Overcome enemies
Ps 119:98 – Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
Have light within
Dan 5:11 – There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father–your father the king–made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,
Dan 5:14 – I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
Ways to gain the wisdom of God
Ask God
1 Kgs 3:9 – Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
1 Kgs 3:11 – And God said to him, "Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,
1 Kgs 3:12 – behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
2 Chr 1:10 – Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"
2 Chr 1:11 – God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,
Ps 90:12 – So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:34 – Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:73 – Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Ps 119:66 – Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Ps 119:125 – I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 119:169 – Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!
Prov 28:5 – Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Dan 9:23 – At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
Dan 10:12 – Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
Lk 24:45 – Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Jas 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Learn God’s words
Ezra 8:16 – Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight,
Neh 8:2 – So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
Neh 8:3 – And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Neh 8:7 – Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
Neh 8:8 – They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
Neh 8:9 – And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
Neh 8:12 – And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Neh 10:28 – The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,
Ps 19:7 – The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:73 – Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Ps 119:95 – The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.
Ps 119:104 – Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Ps 119:125 – I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
Ps 119:130 – The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
Ps 119:169 – Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!
Mal 2:7 – For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Be filled with God’s spirit
Deut 34:9 – And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Ex 28:3 – You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Ex 31:6 – And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
Job 32:8 – But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
Isa 11:2 – And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Dan 5:11 – There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father–your father the king–made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,
Dan 5:12 – because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation."
Dan 5:14 – I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
Acts 6:3 – Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
Acts 6:10 – But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
1 Cor 2:4 – and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Cor 2:13 – And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Cor 12:8 – To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Observe all creation
Job 26:12 – By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
Job 33:33 – If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
Job 36:29 – Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
Job 37:14 – "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job 37:16 – Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,
Job 38:4 – "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Job 38:18 – Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
Job 38:20 – that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
Job 38:36 – Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:37 – Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
Job 39:17 – because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
Job 39:26 – "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?
Ps 19:2 – Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Seek the knowledge of Christ
2 Cor 2:14 – But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2 Cor 4:6 – For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph 4:13 – until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Col 1:28 – Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Col 2:3 – in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 3:16 – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
2 Pet 1:2 – May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Pet 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Follow God’s words
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Ps 51:6 – Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Ps 111:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Ps 119:66 – Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Ps 119:100 – I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
Prov 2:7 – he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Prov 28:5 – Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
Prov 28:7 – The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Isa 58:2 – Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Col 1:10 – so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Jas 3:13 – Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
2 Pet 1:5 – For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Pet 1:6 – and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
Consider the works of God
Deut 32:7 – Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
Deut 32:29 – If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
Job 23:15 – Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
Job 37:14 – "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Ps 49:3 – My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Ps 73:17 – until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
Ps 107:43 – Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
Ps 119:27 – Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Ps 119:95 – The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.
Ps 119:98 – Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
Jer 2:10 – For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
Jer 9:12 – Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
Jer 9:17 – Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;
Dan 8:5 – As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
Hear the words of God
Num 24:16 – the oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
1 Kgs 10:24 – And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
2 Chr 9:23 – And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
Neh 8:2 – So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.
Neh 8:3 – And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Neh 8:9 – And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
Job 13:1 – "Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
Job 37:14 – "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Isa 40:28 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Hos 4:1 – Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
Mic 6:9 – The voice of the LORD cries to the city–and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
Fear God
Job 28:28 – And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Ps 111:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Prov 1:7 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 2:5 – then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Prov 9:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Prov 15:33 – The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Isa 33:6 – and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
Dan 4:34 – At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
Mic 6:9 – The voice of the LORD cries to the city–and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
Receive visions
Num 24:16 – the oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
Dan 8:15 – When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
Dan 8:16 – And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
Dan 8:17 – So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end."
Dan 9:23 – At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
Dan 10:1 – In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
Dan 10:14 – and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come."
Repent and be renewed
Rom 7:25 – Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Eph 4:23 – and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
Col 3:10 – and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
2 Tim 2:25 – correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
Seek God
1 Chr 28:9 – "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Prov 9:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Prov 28:5 – Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
Hos 6:6 – For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Depart from evil
Job 28:28 – And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Ps 119:104 – Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Nun
1 Tim 6:20 – O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
Trust in the Lord
Prov 3:5 – Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
2 Cor 1:12 – For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Instruct one another
Ps 49:3 – My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Rom 15:14 – I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
1 Cor 14:6 – Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Purify oneself
Dan 12:10 – Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Through the church
Eph 3:10 – so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Attitude
Be proactive
Dan 8:15 – When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
Dan 12:8 – I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"
Phil 1:9 – And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
2 Pet 1:5 – For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Pet 1:6 – and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Be humble
Prov 15:33 – The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Prov 30:2 – Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
Prov 30:3 – I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
2 Cor 10:5 – We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
Treasures
Isa 33:6 – and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ．
Pursuits after receiving the wisdom of God
Continue to grow
Ps 49:3 – My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Phil 1:9 – And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
2 Pet 1:5 – For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Pet 1:6 – and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Follow God’s words
1 Chr 22:12 – Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
Ps 119:34 – Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Grow in love
1 Cor 8:1 – Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Cor 13:2 – And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Keep pure
Heb 10:26 – For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
Characteristics for the lack of the wisdom of God
Pride and arrogance
1 Sam 2:3 – Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Prov 1:7 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 1:22 – "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Prov 28:11 – A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
Prov 28:26 – Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Isa 5:21 – Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Isa 10:13 – For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Isa 28:9 – "To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
Dan 11:37 – He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Col 2:18 – Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
2 Cor 10:5 – We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
No understanding
Deut 32:28 – "For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
Ps 28:5 – Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
Ps 49:20 – Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Ps 50:22 – "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
Ps 82:5 – They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Ps 92:6 – The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
Ps 94:8 – Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
Isa 1:3 – The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
Isa 57:1 – The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
Wickedness
Ps 32:9 – Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Isa 56:11 – The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
Jer 4:22 – "For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'–in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."
Dan 12:10 – Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Col 2:18 – Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
Tit 1:15 – To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
Refusal to love the truth
Job 21:14 – They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
Prov 1:22 – "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Prov 1:29 – Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
Prov 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Isa 28:9 – "To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
1 Tim 6:5 – and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
2 Tim 3:8 – Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
Speaking without knowledge
Job 38:2 – "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
No fear of the Lord
Prov 1:29 – Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
Results of the lack of the wisdom of God
Unable to understand
Isa 6:9 – And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isa 6:10 – Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
Isa 44:18 – They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Isa 56:11 – The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
Dan 12:4 – But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."
Dan 12:10 – Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Hos 14:9 – Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Mic 4:12 – But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
Rom 1:28 – And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
2 Tim 3:7 – always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
Die
Gen 2:17 – but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
Job 4:21 – Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
Job 12:2 – "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 36:12 – But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Jer 9:12 – Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
Hos 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Obad 1:8 – Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
Have wisdom made into folly
Job 5:12 – He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Jer 49:7 – Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Obad 1:8 – Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
1 Cor 1:19 – For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."
1 Cor 1:20 – Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
Meet disasters
Isa 5:13 – Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.
Isa 5:21 – Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Isa 27:11 – When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
Ezek 28:7 – therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
Hos 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Lk 11:52 – Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."
Sin and come to ruin
Hos 4:14 – I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Rom 1:28 – And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
1 Cor 8:7 – However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Cor 8:10 – For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
1 Cor 8:11 – And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
Tit 1:15 – To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
Do not know God
Isa 1:3 – The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
Hos 4:1 – Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
Hos 13:2 – And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"
Rom 1:28 – And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Make and worship idols
Isa 44:19 – No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
Jer 10:14 – Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Jer 51:17 – Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Hos 13:2 – And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!"
Be proud
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
1 Cor 8:1 – Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up.
Teach the wrong message
Dan 11:33 – And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
Lk 11:52 – Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."
Have zeal not according to knowledge
Rom 10:2 – I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Job 28:28 – And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Verbs with "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) as Subject
Find, מָצָא
Job 28:12 – "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Prov 10:13 – On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
Come, בֹּוא
Job 28:20 – "From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
Prov 2:10 – for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Be much, הַרְבָּה
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Die, מוּת
Job 12:2 – "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Swallow, בָּלַע
Ps 107:27 – they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Call, קָרָא
Prov 8:1 – Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Settle, נוּחַ
Prov 14:33 – Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
Stand, עָמַד
Eccl 2:9 – So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
Be alive, חָיָה
Eccl 7:12 – For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Be strong, עָזַז
Eccl 7:19 – Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Be light, אֹור
Eccl 8:1 – Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Perish, אָבַד
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Overhanging, סָרוּחַ
Jer 49:7 – Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Verbs with "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) as Object
Give, נָתַן
Ex 31:6 – And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Ex 36:1 – "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."
Ex 36:2 – And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
1 Kgs 4:29 – And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,
1 Kgs 5:12 – And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
2 Chr 1:10 – Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"
2 Chr 1:12 – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."
Prov 2:6 – For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Prov 29:15 – The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Know, דָּעָה
Job 32:7 – I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'
Ps 51:6 – Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Prov 1:2 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
Prov 24:14 – Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Eccl 1:17 – And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Eccl 8:16 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,
Hear, שָׁמַע
1 Kgs 4:34 – And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 10:8 – Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
1 Kgs 10:24 – And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
2 Chr 9:7 – Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
2 Chr 9:23 – And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
See, רָאָה
1 Kgs 10:4 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
2 Chr 9:3 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
Eccl 1:16 – I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
Eccl 2:12 – So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Eccl 9:13 – I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
Buy, קָנָה
Prov 4:5 – Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Prov 4:7 – The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Prov 16:16 – How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Prov 17:16 – Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Be full, מָלֵא
Ex 35:35 – He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver–by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
1 Kgs 7:14 – He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
Add, יָסַף
1 Kgs 10:7 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
Eccl 1:16 – I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
Find, מָצָא
Job 32:13 – Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.'
Prov 3:13 – Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Seek, בָּקַשׁ
Prov 14:6 – A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Eccl 7:25 – I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
Ask, שָׁאַל
2 Chr 1:11 – God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,
Clip, גָּרַע
Job 15:8 – Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
Put, שִׁית
Job 38:36 – Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
Mutter, הָגָה
Ps 37:30 – The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Despise, בּוּז
Prov 1:7 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Thrive, נוּב
Prov 10:31 – The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Sell, מָכַר
Prov 23:23 – Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Love, אָהַב
Prov 29:3 – He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Learn, לָמַד
Prov 30:3 – I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Destroy, שָׁחַת
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
Verbs with "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) as Indirect Object
Hear, שָׁמַע
1 Kgs 10:6 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
2 Chr 9:5 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
Give attention, קָשַׁב
Prov 2:2 – making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Be full, מָלֵא
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Found, יָסַד
Prov 3:19 – The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
Say, אָמַר
Prov 7:4 – Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Build, בָּנָה
Prov 24:3 – By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Walk, הָלַךְ
Prov 28:26 – Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Be boastful, הָלַל
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Be prudent, שָׂכַל
Dan 1:4 – youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Adjectives Modifying "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה)
[NEG], אַיִן
Prov 21:30 – No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.
Eccl 9:10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Not, הֲלֹא
Prov 8:1 – Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Predicate Complements of "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה)
In, among, בְּ
1 Kgs 3:28 – And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
Job 12:12 – Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
Eccl 7:12 – For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Eccl 9:10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Pleasant, טוֹב
Prov 8:11 – for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Eccl 7:11 – Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.
Eccl 9:16 – But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Eccl 9:18 – Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Together with, אֵת
Prov 11:2 – When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
Prov 13:10 – By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Prov 17:24 – The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
With, עִם
Job 12:13 – "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
Despise, בָּזָה
Eccl 9:16 – But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Profit, יִתְרֹון
Eccl 10:10 – If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
Store, חֹסֶן
Isa 33:6 – and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
To, for, לְ
Jer 8:9 – The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?
Prepositions with "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה)
In, among, בְּ
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Ex 35:26 – All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair.
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
2 Sam 20:22 – Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Chr 28:21 – And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command."
Job 4:21 – Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
Job 38:37 – Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
Ps 104:24 – O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Prov 3:19 – The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
Prov 24:3 – By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Prov 28:26 – Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Prov 31:26 – She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Eccl 1:13 – And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
Eccl 2:3 – I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine–my heart still guiding me with wisdom–and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
Eccl 2:21 – because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Eccl 7:23 – All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.
Eccl 9:15 – But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Isa 10:13 – For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Jer 10:12 – It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Jer 51:15 – "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Ezek 28:4 – by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Dan 1:4 – youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
To, for, לְ
1 Kgs 10:23 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
Job 13:5 – Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
Prov 2:2 – making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Prov 7:4 – Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Eccl 2:13 – Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
Out of, מִן
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Eccl 7:10 – Say not, "Why were the former days better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Eccl 10:1 – Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Like, as, כְּ
2 Sam 14:20 – In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
1 Kgs 2:6 – Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Above, עַל
1 Kgs 10:6 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
2 Chr 9:5 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
… of "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה)
Whole, כֹּל
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1 Kgs 10:4 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
Ps 107:27 – they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Dan 1:4 – youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Dan 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Spirit, wind, רוּחַ
Ex 28:3 – You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
Deut 34:9 – And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Isa 11:2 – And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Beginning, רֵאשִׁית
Ps 111:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Prov 4:7 – The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Multitude, רֹב
Eccl 1:18 – For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Great number, מַרְבִּית
2 Chr 9:6 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
Bag, מֶשֶׁךְ
Job 28:18 – No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
Heart, לֵבָב
Ps 90:12 – So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Way, דֶּרֶךְ
Prov 4:11 – I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Beginning, תְּחִלָּה
Prov 9:10 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Chastening, מוּסָר
Prov 15:33 – The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Well, מָקֹור
Prov 18:4 – The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Beauty, יֳפִי
Ezek 28:7 – therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
Word, דָּבָר
Dan 1:20 – And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
"Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) of …
You
1 Kgs 2:6 – Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
1 Kgs 10:6 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
1 Kgs 10:8 – Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
2 Chr 9:5 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
2 Chr 9:6 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
2 Chr 9:7 – Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Ezek 28:4 – by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Ezek 28:5 – by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth–
Ezek 28:7 – therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
Ezek 28:17 – Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
Him
1 Kgs 4:34 – And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 10:24 – And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
1 Kgs 11:41 – Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
2 Chr 9:23 – And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
Eccl 9:15 – But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Jer 9:23 – Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
Jer 10:12 – It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Jer 51:15 – "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Solomon, שְׁלֹמֹה
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1 Kgs 4:34 – And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kgs 10:4 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
2 Chr 9:3 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
I
Prov 5:1 – My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Eccl 2:9 – So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
Isa 10:13 – For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Them
Ps 107:27 – they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
Jer 49:7 – Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Understanding, תְּבוּנָה
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
Heart, לֵב
Ex 35:35 – He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver–by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
You
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Messenger, מַלְאָךְ
2 Sam 14:20 – In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
Her
2 Sam 20:22 – Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
God/god(s), אֱלֹהִים
1 Kgs 3:28 – And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
Whole, כֹּל
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Egypt, מִצְרַיִם
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Shrewd, עָרוּם
Prov 14:8 – The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Human, mankind, אָדָם
Eccl 8:1 – Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Poor, מִסְכֵּן
Eccl 9:16 – But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Wise, חָכָם
Isa 29:14 – therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
You
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
What, לָמָּה
Jer 8:9 – The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?
Understanding, בִּינָה
Dan 1:20 – And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
… and "Wisdom" (חָכְמָה)
Word, דָּבָר
1 Kgs 10:6 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
2 Chr 9:5 – And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
Riches, עֹשֶׁר
1 Kgs 10:23 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
2 Chr 9:22 – Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
Son, בֵּן
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Wisdom, חָכְמָה
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Knowledge, דַּעַת
Eccl 9:10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Missive, סֵפֶר
Dan 1:17 – As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
"Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) and …
Knowledge, דַּעַת
Eccl 1:16 – I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
Eccl 2:21 – because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isa 33:6 – and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.
Isa 47:10 – You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
Understanding, תְּבוּנָה
Ex 31:3 – and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
Ex 36:1 – "Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the LORD has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded."
1 Kgs 7:14 – He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
Ezek 28:4 – by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
Knowledge, מַדָּע
2 Chr 1:10 – Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"
2 Chr 1:11 – God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,
2 Chr 1:12 – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."
Chastening, מוּסָר
Prov 1:2 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
Prov 1:7 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 23:23 – Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Whole, כֹּל
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Understanding, בִּינָה
Deut 4:6 – Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
Prov 23:23 – Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Madness, הֹולֵלֹות
Eccl 1:17 – And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Eccl 2:12 – So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Folly, סִכְלוּת
Eccl 1:17 – And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Eccl 2:12 – So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Work, מְלָאכָה
Ex 35:31 – and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
Wisdom, חָכְמָה
1 Kgs 4:30 – so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Pleasant, טוֹב
1 Kgs 10:7 – but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.
House, בַּיִת
2 Chr 9:3 – And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
Strength, גְּבוּרָה
Job 12:13 – "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
Know, דָּעָה
Eccl 1:17 – And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Advantage, כִּשְׁרֹון
Eccl 2:21 – because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Joy, שִׂמְחָה
Eccl 2:26 – For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Account, חֶשְׁבֹּון
Eccl 7:25 – I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
"Wisdom" (חָכְמָה) as Adjunct of …
Secret, תַּעֲלֻמָה
Job 11:6 – and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
Job 11:6 – and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Mic 4:12 – But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
1 Cor 2:1 – And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1 Cor 2:7 – But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
Col 1:9 – And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Omniscient (See <topic id=“533” startswith=“” nth=“”>God’s omniscience</topic>）
1 Chr 28:9 – "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Job 10:7 – although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
Job 11:11 – For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
Ps 19:12 – Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Ps 33:15 – he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
Ps 139:2 – You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
Isa 48:4 – Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
Transcendent
Transcends the power of men
1 Sam 2:3 – Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 12:16 – With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 26:14 – Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
Job 38:2 – "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:18 – Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
Job 38:20 – that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
Job 42:3 – 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Ps 139:6 – Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Isa 40:14 – Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Rom 11:34 – "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
1 Cor 2:16 – "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Rom 11:34 – "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
Transcends measurement
Ps 139:6 – Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Ps 147:5 – Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
Isa 28:29 – This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
Isa 40:28 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Rom 11:33 – Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Transcends limitation of time
1 Cor 2:7 – But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
Rev 7:12 – saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
Holy
Rom 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
The works of God’s wisdom
Creates
Ps 104:24 – O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Ps 136:5 – to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;
Prov 3:19 – The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
Prov 3:20 – by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Isa 29:16 – You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, "He did not make me"; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?
Isa 40:28 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Jer 10:12 – It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Jer 51:15 – "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Searches
1 Chr 28:9 – "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Job 11:11 – For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
Ps 19:12 – Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Ps 33:15 – he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
Prov 22:12 – The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
Prov 24:12 – If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Judges
1 Sam 2:3 – Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 21:22 – Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?
Ps 94:10 – He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge–
Prov 24:12 – If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Saves
Mic 4:12 – But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
Lk 11:49 – Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
Gives
1 Cor 2:7 – But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
Eph 1:8 – which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
Embodiment of God’s wisdom
Christ
1 Cor 1:24 – but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Col 2:3 – in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Rev 5:12 – saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!"
Medium for God’s wisdom
Church
Eph 3:10 – so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly place.．
In John, the phrase “I am” in Greek is given prominence by the presence of the emphatic pronoun <i>egō</i>, ἐγώ (“I”) in addition to verb <i>eimi</i>, εἰμί (“I am”)
The phrase in reference to Jesus
Metaphorical use (In combination with a metaphor)
The bread of life (Jn 6:35, 48); the bread that came down from heaven (Jn 6:41); the living bread (Jn 6:51);
The light of the world (Jn 8:12; cf. Jn 9:5)
The door (Jn 10:7, 9)
The good shepherd (Jn 10:11, 14)
The resurrection and the life (Jn 11:25)
The way, the truth, and the life (Jn 14:6)
The (true) vine (Jn 15:1, 5)
Absolute use [footnote text=“"Absolute use" refers to the independent use of the expression "I am" without the addition of any metaphor.”]
Self-identification and expression of authority (Jn 6:20; 18:5, 6, 8)
Self-revelation of divinity and existence (Jn 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19)
See <topic id=“749” startswith=“The LORD’s self-revelation” nth=”1”>The LORD’s self-revelation in the Old Testament</topic>
Combined with participle (Jn 4:26; 8:18) or preposition (Jn 8:23)
“Where I am” (Jn 7:34, 36; 12:26; 14:3; 17:24)
“I am” used as self-identification by others
Jn 9:9 – Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man."
Jn 18:35 – Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?"
John’s confession: “I am not”
Jn 1:20 – He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
Jn 3:28 – You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
The LORD’s self-revelation in the Old Testament
In Ex 3:14, the LORD declared His being with the expression “I AM WHO I AM.” The expression in Greek, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν, contains the <i>egō eimi,</i> ἐγὼ εἰμί (“I am”) self-identification Jesus uses repeatedly.
The LORD often identified Himself with “I am…” [footnote text=“The expression "I am" can be seen in the LXX version of the following verses”]
“I am he who blots out your transgressions (Isa 43:25)
“I am God” (Isa 45:22; 46:9; Hos 11:9)
“I am the first and I am forever” (Isa 48:12)
“I am he who comforts you” (Isa 51:12)
“I am he who speaks” (Isa 52:6)
“I am a great king” (Mal 1:14)
The absolute form of <i>egō eimi,</i> ἐγὼ εἰμί (“I am”) is found in the Greek version of the Old Testament Scriptures. It is the LORD’s declaration of His eternal existence, uniqueness, and salvation (Deut 32:39; Isa 43:10–11, 25; 45:18, 19; 46:4; 47:8, 10; 51:12).
Defiant use of the expression
Zeph 2:15 – This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
Jn 2:11 – This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
Jn 4:54 – This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
Events named “signs”
Changing water to wine (Jn 2:1–12)
Raising the temple in three days (Jn 2:18–19)
Healing the official’s son (Jn 4:46–54)
Feeding the multitude (Jn 6:1–14)
Healing of the sick (Jn 6:2)
Healing the man born blind (implied in Jn 9:16)
Raising of Lazarus from the dead (Jn 12:17–18)
Appearing to the disciples (implied in Jn 20:30)
Attributed to what Jesus did
Jn 2:11 – This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
Jn 2:23 – Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Jn 4:54 – This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
Jn 6:2 – And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
Jn 6:14 – When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
Jn 6:30 – So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
Jn 7:31 – Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
Jn 9:16 – Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Jn 12:18 – The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
Jn 12:37 – Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,
Jn 20:30 – Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Seeing signs
Jn 4:48 – So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
Jn 6:2 – And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
Jn 6:14 – When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
Jn 6:26 – Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
Signs and faith
Faith as a result of signs
Jn 4:48 – So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
Jn 2:23 – Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Jn 20:30 – Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Signs and glory and faith
Jn 2:11 – This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
Jn 11:4 – But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Jn 11:40 – Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”
Failure to believe in Jesus despite seeing signs
Jn 6:26 – Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
Jn 12:37 – Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,
Faith should not depend on signs
Jn 4:48 – So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
Actions as result of seeing Jesus’ signs
Jn 2:23 – Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Jn 6:2 – And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
Jn 6:14 – When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
Jn 12:18 – The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
Purpose of recording Jesus’ signs
Jn 20:30 – Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Asking for a sign
Jn 2:18 – So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
Jn 6:30 – So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
Parallel with “works”
(Jn 7:3 with Jn 7:31; Jn 9:3-4 with Jn 9:16; Jn 10:25, 32, 37-38 With Jn 10:41; Jn 12:37 with Jn 15:24)
Jn 6:30 – So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
Reflections on signs
Jn 3:2 – This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
Jn 7:31 – Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
Jn 9:16 – Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Sign and John the Baptist
Jn 10:41 – And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Ps 51:4 – Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
Mt 12:37 – for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Rom 1:32 – Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:30 – since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 8:30 – And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Rom 8:33 – Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
1 Cor 4:4 – I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
1 Cor 6:11 – And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Jesus
Lk 18:14 – I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Men
Oneself
Job
Job 6:29 – Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Job 9:15 – Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
Job 9:20 – Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
Job 10:15 – If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
Job 12:4 – I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 13:18 – Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
Job 27:5 – Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Job 27:6 – I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 32:1 – So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 – Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 34:5 – For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Job 35:7 – If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 40:8 – Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Israelites
Isa 43:9 – All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.
Isa 43:26 – Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Jer 3:11 – And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
The lawyer
Lk 10:29 – But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Pharisees
Lk 16:15 – And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Judges
Deut 25:1 – "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Isa 5:23 – who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Jerusalem
Ezek 16:51 – Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.
Ezek 16:52 – Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
The children of wisdom
Mt 11:19 – The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
Lk 7:35 – Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."
Those who turn many to righteousness
Dan 12:3 – And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
Other individuals
Eliphaz
Job 4:17 – 'Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Job 15:14 – What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Job 22:3 – Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Elihu
Job 33:12 – "Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Job 33:32 – If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
Job 35:7 – If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Judah
Gen 38:26 – Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.
Gen 44:16 – And Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found."
Absalom
2 Sam 15:4 – Then Absalom would say, "Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice."
Zophar
Job 11:2 – "Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
Bildad
Job 25:4 – How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Those who are justified
Justified by God
Individuals
Abram/Abraham
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Rom 4:2 – For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 4:22 – That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Gal 3:6 – just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Noah
Gen 7:1 – Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Job
Job 33:26 – then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
David
Ps 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Phinehas
Ps 106:31 – And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Isaiah
Isa 50:8 – He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Christ
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Zechariah and Elizabeth
Lk 1:6 – And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Rahab
Jas 2:25 – And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
Groups
Descendents of Israel
Isa 45:25 – In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory."。
Gentiles
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Qualifications
Those who trust in Jesus/God
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:30 – since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Those who act by faith
Rom 2:13 – For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
Rom 3:30 – since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Sinners
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 5:19 – For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
Those who are chosen
Rom 8:30 – And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Rom 8:33 – Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
The afflicted and the destitute
Ps 82:3 – Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Those who are humble
Lk 18:14 – I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Sanctuary
Dan 8:14 – And he said to me, "For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state."
Justified by the Holy Spirit
Christ
1 Tim 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Justified by men
God
Ezra 9:15 – O LORD the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
Neh 9:8 – You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
Neh 9:33 – Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
Job 34:17 – Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
Ps 119:137 – Righteous are you, O LORD, and right are your rules.
Ps 129:4 – The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
Ps 145:17 – The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Isa 50:8 – He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Jer 12:1 – Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Lam 1:18 – "The LORD is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and see my suffering; my young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
Dan 9:14 – Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Zeph 3:5 – The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
Zech 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Lk 7:29 – (When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Acts 3:14 – But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 22:14 – And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
Rom 3:4 – By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Men
Oneself
Job
Job 6:29 – Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Job 9:15 – Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
Job 9:20 – Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
Job 10:15 – If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
Job 12:4 – I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 13:18 – Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
Job 27:5 – Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Job 27:6 – I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 32:1 – So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 – Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 34:5 – For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;
Job 35:2 – "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
Job 35:7 – If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 40:8 – Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Isralites
Isa 43:9 – All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.
Isa 43:26 – Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Jer 3:11 – And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Lawyer
Lk 10:29 – But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Pharisees
Lk 16:15 – And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
The righteous
Deut 25:1 – "If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
The wicked
Prov 17:15 – He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Other individuals
Tamar
Gen 38:26 – Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.
Wisdom
Mt 11:19 – The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."
Lk 7:35 – Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."
State of men before justification by God (See <topic id=”489” startswith=”Reasons for condemnation” nth=”1”>“Condemnation” in the New Testament > Reasons for condemnation</topic>）
Impossible to be righteous
Job 4:17 – 'Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Job 9:2 – "Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 11:2 – "Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
Job 25:4 – How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Job 33:32 – If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
Ps 51:4 – Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
Rom 3:20 – For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
1 Cor 4:4 – I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
As the slaves of sin
Rom 6:19 – I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Rom 6:20 – When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
Living in hypocrisy
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Violent
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Persecuting the righteous
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Unable to lead to righteousness
Rom 9:31 – but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
Unsubmissive to God’s righteousness
Rom 10:3 – For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Reasons men are justified by God
By faith
Gen 15:6 – And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Acts 13:39 – from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:28 – For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Rom 3:30 – since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 4:22 – That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 5:1 – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 10:10 – For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Gal 3:24 – So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Heb 11:4 – By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
By the redemption of Christ
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Acts 13:39 – from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 4:25 – who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Rom 5:9 – Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Rom 5:17 – If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:18 – Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
Rom 5:19 – For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 8:10 – But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:24 – So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
1 Pet 2:24 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Not by observing the law
Deut 9:5 – Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Rom 3:20 – For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 – But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it–
Rom 3:28 – For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 9:31 – but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 2:21 – I do not nullify the grace of God, for if justification were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Gal 3:21 – Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Gal 5:4 – You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Phil 3:9 – and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–
Tit 3:5 – he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
By the deeds done through faith
Lk 1:6 – And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Rom 2:13 – For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
Rom 2:26 – So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 10:5 – For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Heb 11:4 – By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Heb 11:33 – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Jas 2:21 – Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Jas 2:24 – You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
Jas 2:25 – And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
By God’s grace
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 4:6 – just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
Rom 5:16 – And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
Gal 2:21 – I do not nullify the grace of God, for if justification were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Tit 3:5 – he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Tit 3:7 – so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
By God’s election
Rom 8:30 – And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Rom 8:33 – Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
How to be justified by God
Have faith in Jesus
Acts 13:39 – from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Receive baptism for the remission of sins
In the name of the Lord Jesus
1 Cor 6:11 – And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Washed by the Spirit of God
Isa 4:3 – And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,
1 Cor 6:11 – And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
By the blood of Jesus
Rom 5:9 – Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
In Christ
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Face judgment on the last day
Mt 12:37 – for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Results of justification by God
Receive life
Gen 7:1 – Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Hab 2:4 – "Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 5:18 – Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 8:10 – But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Tit 3:7 – so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Heb 10:38 – but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
1 Pet 2:24 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Receive righteousness
Ps 24:5 – He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Rom 9:30 – What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
Rom 10:4 – For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Be free from sin
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 6:7 – For one who has died has been set free from sin.
Rom 6:18 – and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
1 Pet 2:24 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Have peace with God
Rom 5:1 – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:9 – Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Receive glory
Isa 45:25 – In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory."
Rom 8:30 – And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Be sanctified
Rom 6:19 – I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
1 Cor 6:11 – And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Be with God
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Be heir of the world
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.。
Be free from any charge
Rom 8:33 – Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Receive authority and power
2 Cor 6:7 – by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
Become heirs
Tit 3:7 – so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Obtain promises
Heb 11:33 – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Obtain faith
2 Pet 1:1 – Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Actions after being justified by God
Be renewed by the Holy Spirit
Rom 6:16 – Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Rom 8:4 – in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Rom 8:10 – But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Gal 5:5 – For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Tit 3:5 – he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Sin no more
2 Cor 6:14 – Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Gal 2:17 – But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Present members to God
Rom 6:13 – Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
Rom 6:19 – I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Minister to God
2 Cor 3:9 – For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
2 Cor 6:7 – by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
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<topic id=“455” startswith=“” nth=“”>“Judgment” in the Old testament</topic>
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“Messiah” is a transliteration of the Hebrew word that means “anointed,” or “anointed one.”
The Greek equivalent is “Christ,” although in the New Testament the word has become a unique designation for Jesus (i.e. “The Anointed One”).
Who are called “the anointed”
Saul
1 Sam 12:3 – Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
1 Sam 12:5 – And he said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
1 Sam 24:10 – Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'
1 Sam 26:9 – But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
1 Sam 26:11 – The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
1 Sam 26:16 – This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 1:14 – David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Sam 1:16 – And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"
David’s offspring
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Ps 89:51 – with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Ps 132:10 – For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Ps 132:17 – There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Cf. Ps 132:11-12
Priest
Lev 4:3 – if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering.
Lev 4:5 – And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting,
Lev 4:16 – Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting,
Lev 6:22 – The priest from among Aaron's sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the LORD as decreed forever. The whole of it shall be burned.
King
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
1 Sam 16:6 – When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Cf. Ps 2:6
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
David
2 Sam 19:21 – Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"
2 Sam 22:51 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."
2 Sam 23:1 – Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Chosen people
1 Chr 16:22 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 105:15 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Hab 3:13 – You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah [footnote text=“"The anointed" here could also be a reference to the king.”]
Cyrus
Isa 45:1 – Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Shield
2 Sam 1:21 – "You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
God’s anointed
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
1 Sam 2:35 – And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
1 Sam 12:3 – Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
1 Sam 12:5 – And he said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."
1 Sam 16:6 – When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
1 Sam 24:10 – Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'
1 Sam 26:9 – But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
1 Sam 26:11 – The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
1 Sam 26:16 – This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 1:14 – David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Sam 1:16 – And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"
2 Sam 19:21 – Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"
2 Sam 22:51 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."
2 Sam 23:1 – Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
1 Chr 16:22 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
2 Chr 6:42 – O LORD God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant."
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Ps 20:6 – Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
Ps 28:8 – The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
Ps 84:9 – Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Ps 89:51 – with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Ps 105:15 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 132:10 – For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Ps 132:17 – There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Isa 45:1 – Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Lam 4:20 – The breath of our nostrils, the LORD's anointed, was captured in their pits, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall live among the nations."
Hab 3:13 – You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
Finding the Messiah
Jn 1:41 – He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
What the Messiah will do
Jn 4:25 – The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
Words related grammatically to “anointed” (מָשִׁיחַ)
Subjects of "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
He, הוּא
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
1 Sam 24:10 – Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'
Verbs with "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) as Subject
Cut, כָּרַת
Dan 9:26 – And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Verbs with "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) as Object
Destroy, שָׁחַת
2 Sam 1:14 – David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
Die, מוּת
2 Sam 1:16 – And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"
Be slight, קָלַל
2 Sam 19:21 – Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"
Help, יָשַׁע
Ps 20:6 – Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
Verbs with "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) as Indirect Object
Do, עָשָׂה
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
2 Sam 22:51 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Send, שָׁלַח
1 Sam 26:9 – But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
1 Sam 26:11 – The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
Touch, נָגַע
1 Chr 16:22 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 105:15 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Keep, שָׁמַר
1 Sam 26:16 – This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head."
Found, יָסַד
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Pass over, עָבַר
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Arrange in order, עָרַךְ
Ps 132:17 – There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Say, אָמַר
Isa 45:1 – Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Predicate Complements of "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
Witness, עֵד
1 Sam 12:5 – And he said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."
Counterpart, נֶגֶד
1 Sam 16:6 – When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."
Appositions with "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
Chief, נָגִיד
Dan 9:25 – Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
Prepositions with "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
To, for, לְ
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
2 Sam 22:51 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Ps 132:17 – There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Isa 45:1 – Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
In, among, בְּ
1 Sam 26:9 – But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
1 Sam 26:11 – The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
1 Chr 16:22 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 105:15 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Above, עַל
1 Sam 26:16 – This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head."
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Counterpart, נֶגֶד
1 Sam 12:3 – Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
Destruction, בְּלִי
2 Sam 1:21 – "You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
With, עִם
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Unto, עַד
Dan 9:25 – Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
[object marker], אֵת
Hab 3:13 – You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
… of "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
Face, לִפְנֵי
1 Sam 2:35 – And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
2 Chr 6:42 – O LORD God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant."
Ps 84:9 – Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
Ps 132:10 – For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Horn, קֶרֶן
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
Salvation, יְשׁוּעָה
Ps 28:8 – The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
Heel, עָקֵב
Ps 89:51 – with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
"Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) of …
Him
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
1 Sam 12:3 – Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
1 Sam 12:5 – And he said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."
1 Sam 16:6 – When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."
2 Sam 22:51 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
Ps 18:50 – Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Ps 20:6 – Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
Ps 28:8 – The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
Isa 45:1 – Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
YHWH, יהוה
1 Sam 24:10 – Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'
1 Sam 26:9 – But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
1 Sam 26:11 – The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
1 Sam 26:16 – This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the jar of water that was at his head."
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
2 Sam 1:14 – David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Sam 1:16 – And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"
2 Sam 19:21 – Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"
Lam 4:20 – The breath of our nostrils, the LORD's anointed, was captured in their pits, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall live among the nations."
You
2 Chr 6:42 – O LORD God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant."
Ps 84:9 – Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Ps 89:51 – with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Ps 132:10 – For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Hab 3:13 – You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
I
1 Sam 2:35 – And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
1 Chr 16:22 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 105:15 – saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!"
Ps 132:17 – There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
YHWH, יהוה
1 Sam 24:6 – He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
God/god(s), אֱלֹהִים
2 Sam 23:1 – Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
… and "Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ)
YHWH, יהוה
1 Sam 12:3 – Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
Ps 2:2 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
"Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) and …
Pleasant, נָעִים
2 Sam 23:1 – Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
"Anointed" (מָשִׁיחַ) as Adjunct of …
Priest, כֹּהֵן
Lev 4:3 – if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering.
Lev 4:5 – And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it into the tent of meeting,
Lev 4:16 – Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting,
Jn 1:41 – He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
Jn 4:25 – The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
“Messiah” is the transliteration of the Hebrew word meaning “anointed.”
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“Christ” is the transliteration of the Greek word meaning “anointed.” In the New Testament, the word has become a unique designation for Jesus.
Christ is called
Jesus
Acts 3:20 – that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
Acts 24:24 – After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
Rom 1:1 – Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Rom 2:16 – on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 6:3 – Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:11 – So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 – For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Rom 8:39 – nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 15:5 – May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
Rom 15:16 – to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Rom 15:17 – In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
Rom 16:3 – Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
1 Cor 1:1 – Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
1 Cor 1:2 – To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Cor 1:4 – I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
1 Cor 4:15 – For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Cor 4:17 – That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
1 Cor 16:24 – My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Cor 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Cor 1:19 – For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
2 Cor 4:5 – For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Gal 2:4 – Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in–who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery–
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:26 – for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Gal 3:28 – There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 4:14 – and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
Gal 5:6 – For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Gal 5:24 – And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Eph 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:6 – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Eph 2:7 – so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:10 – For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Eph 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:20 – built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
Eph 3:1 – For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles–
Eph 3:6 – This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Eph 3:11 – This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Eph 3:21 – to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Phil 1:1 – Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Phil 1:6 – And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Phil 1:8 – For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Phil 1:26 – so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Phil 2:5 – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Phil 2:21 – They all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Phil 3:3 – For we are the real circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh–
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Phil 3:12 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
Phil 3:14 – I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:7 – And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:19 – And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:21 – Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
Col 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Col 1:4 – since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
Col 2:6 – Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Col 4:12 – Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
1 Thess 2:14 – For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
1 Thess 5:18 – give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim 1:12 – I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
1 Tim 1:14 – and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 1:15 – The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
1 Tim 2:5 – For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Tim 3:13 – For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 4:6 – If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
1 Tim 5:21 – In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
1 Tim 6:13 – I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
2 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Tim 1:9 – who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
2 Tim 1:10 – and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
2 Tim 1:13 – Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:1 – You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 2:3 – Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:10 – Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Tim 3:12 – Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Tim 3:15 – and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 4:1 – I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Tit 2:13 – waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Phm 1:1 – Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Phm 1:9 – yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you–I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus–
Phm 1:23 – Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
The Son of God
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mt 26:63 – But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mk 1:1 – The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
2 Cor 1:19 – For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
1 Jn 5:20 – And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Lord
Lk 2:11 – For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim 1:12 – I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
1 Pet 3:15 – but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;
Son of David
Mt 22:42 – saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
Mk 12:35 – And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Lk 20:41 – But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
Savior
Lk 2:11 – For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
2 Tim 1:10 – and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Instructor
Mt 23:10 – Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.
Son of the Blessed
Mk 14:61 – But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
King of Israel
Mk 15:32 – Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
King
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
God’s chosen one
Lk 23:35 – And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
Who is coming into the world
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Son of Man
Jn 12:34 – So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
God
Rom 9:5 – To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
End of the law
Rom 10:4 – For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Servant to the circumcised
Rom 15:8 – For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
Power of God and wisdom of God
1 Cor 1:24 – but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Our Passover lamb
1 Cor 5:7 – Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Spiritual rock
1 Cor 10:4 – and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
Firstfruits
1 Cor 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Hope of glory
Col 1:27 – To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
God’s mystery
Col 2:2 – that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
Your life
Col 3:4 – When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Mediator
1 Tim 2:5 – For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Who is Christ
Jesus
Mt 1:16 – and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mt 16:20 – Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Mt 27:17 – So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
Mk 8:29 – And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
Lk 4:41 – And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Lk 9:20 – Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 3:20 – that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
Acts 5:42 – And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 9:22 – But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
Acts 18:5 – When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 18:28 – for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
1 Jn 2:22 – Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
1 Jn 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
Abraham’s offspring
Gal 3:16 – Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.
The head
Eph 4:15 – Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Christ as apposition to
Jesus
Mt 1:1 – The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mt 1:18 – Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
Mk 1:1 – The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Jn 1:17 – For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Jn 17:3 – And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Acts 2:38 – And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:12 – But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 9:34 – And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose.
Acts 10:36 – As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),
Acts 10:48 – And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
Acts 16:18 – And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.
Rom 1:4 – and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Rom 1:6 – including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
Rom 1:8 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
Rom 3:22 – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 5:15 – But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
Rom 5:17 – If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 7:25 – Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Rom 15:6 – that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 15:30 – I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,
Rom 16:25 – Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Rom 16:27 – to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
1 Cor 1:2 – To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Cor 1:7 – so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Cor 1:10 – I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
1 Cor 2:2 – For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Cor 3:11 – For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 15:57 – But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1:19 – For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
2 Cor 4:5 – For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Cor 13:5 – Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?–unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
Gal 1:1 – Paul, an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead–
Gal 1:12 – For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:1 – O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
Gal 3:22 – But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Eph 1:5 – he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Eph 1:17 – that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Eph 5:20 – giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 6:24 – Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Phil 1:11 – filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Phil 1:19 – for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
Phil 2:21 – They all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Col 1:3 – We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1 Thess 1:3 – remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 5:9 – For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thess 5:23 – Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 5:28 – The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
2 Thess 2:1 – Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,
2 Thess 2:14 – To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thess 2:16 – Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
2 Thess 3:6 – Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
2 Thess 3:18 – The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
1 Tim 6:3 – If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
1 Tim 6:14 – to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
Tit 1:1 – Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
Tit 2:13 – waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Tit 3:6 – whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Heb 10:10 – And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Heb 13:21 – equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Jas 2:1 – My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
1 Pet 1:1 – Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Pet 1:2 – according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Pet 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Pet 1:7 – so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Pet 1:13 – Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Pet 2:5 – you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Pet 3:21 – Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Pet 4:11 – whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies–in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
2 Pet 1:1 – Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Pet 1:8 – For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 1:11 – For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 1:14 – since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
2 Pet 1:16 – For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2 Pet 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
1 Jn 1:3 – that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 3:23 – And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
1 Jn 4:2 – By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
1 Jn 5:6 – This is he who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 Jn 5:20 – And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
2 John 3
2 John 7
Jude 1:1 – Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
Jude 1:4 – For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:17 – But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:21 – keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Jude 1:25 – to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Rev 1:1 – The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Rev 1:2 – who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
Rev 1:5 – and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Lord
Rom 16:18 – For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Col 3:24 – knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
1 Pet 3:15 – but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;
Identity of Christ
Asked about
Mt 22:42 – saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
Mt 26:63 – But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mk 14:61 – But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Lk 22:67 – "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe,
Jn 4:29 – "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
Jn 7:26 – And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
Jn 10:24 – So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Confessed
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mk 8:29 – And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
Lk 9:20 – Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Jn 7:41 – Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Jn 9:22 – (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Disclaimed
Jn 1:20 – He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
Jn 1:25 – They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
Jn 3:28 – You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
Claimed
Mt 24:5 – For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
Mocked
Mt 26:68 – saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?"
Lk 23:39 – One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
Not to be revealed
Mt 16:20 – Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Believed
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Made
Acts 2:36 – Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
Christ written about in the Old Testament
Lk 24:46 – and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
Jn 7:42 – Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
Jn 12:34 – So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
Acts 4:25 – who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
Acts 4:26 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'–
Acts 17:2 – And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
Acts 18:28 – for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 26:22 – To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
Acts 26:23 – that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
1 Cor 10:4 – and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
1 Cor 10:9 – We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
Heb 5:5 – So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you";
Christ in the world
Expectations for the Christ
Lk 2:26 – And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Lk 3:15 – As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,
Jn 4:25 – The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
Birth of Christ
Mt 2:4 – and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Conceptions about the Christ
Where He comes from
Jn 7:27 – But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from."
Jn 7:41 – Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Jn 7:42 – Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
Ability to do signs
Jn 7:31 – Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"
Suffering of Christ
Lk 24:26 – Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
Lk 24:46 – and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
Acts 3:18 – But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
Acts 26:23 – that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
1 Pet 2:21 – For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Pet 4:1 – Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
1 Pet 4:13 – But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
1 Pet 5:1 – So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
Death of Christ
Rom 5:6 – For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom 5:8 – but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Rom 14:15 – For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 1:23 – but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
1 Cor 8:11 – And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 15:3 – For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
Gal 2:21 – I do not nullify the grace of God, for if justification were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Resurrection of Christ
Acts 2:31 – he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 26:23 – that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
Rom 6:4 – We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:9 – We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
1 Cor 15:13 – But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
1 Cor 15:14 – And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
1 Cor 15:15 – We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
1 Cor 15:16 – For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
1 Cor 15:17 – And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
1 Cor 15:20 – But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Christ and the believer
Dying with Christ
Rom 6:8 – Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Col 2:20 – If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations–
Being raised with Christ
Col 3:1 – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Heirs with Christ
Rom 8:17 – and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Christ in the believer
Rom 8:10 – But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Gal 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Christ’s
1 Cor 3:23 – and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
1 Cor 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
2 Cor 10:7 – Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
Gal 3:29 – And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
Claims about Christ’s whereabouts
Mt 24:23 – Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.
Mk 13:21 – And then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it.
Words related grammatically to “Christ” (Χριστός)
Subjects of "Christ" (Χριστός)
You, σύ
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mt 26:63 – But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mk 8:29 – And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
Mk 14:61 – But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Lk 22:67 – "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe,
Lk 23:39 – One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
Jn 1:25 – They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
Jn 10:24 – So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
1 Cor 3:23 – and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Gal 3:29 – And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
This/he/she/it, οὗτος
Lk 23:35 – And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
Jn 4:29 – "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
Jn 7:26 – And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
Jn 7:41 – Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Acts 9:22 – But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
He/she/it/self, αὐτός
Mt 16:20 – Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Lk 3:15 – As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,
Lk 4:41 – And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
2 Cor 10:7 – Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
I/we, ἐγώ
Mt 24:5 – For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
Jn 1:20 – He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
Jn 3:28 – You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
1 Cor 1:12 – What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."
Which, ὅς, ἥ
Lk 2:11 – For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Jn 1:41 – He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
Gal 3:16 – Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.
Jesus/Joshua, Ἰησοῦς
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
1 Jn 2:22 – Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
1 Jn 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
My/your/him-self, ἑαυτοῦ
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
Rock, πέτρα
1 Cor 10:4 – and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
And I, κἀγώ
1 Cor 11:1 – Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
To live, ζάω
Phil 1:21 – For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Body, σῶμα
Col 2:17 – These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Kingdom, βασιλεία
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
Verbs with "Christ" (Χριστός) as Subject
To die, ἀποθνήσκω
Rom 5:6 – For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom 5:8 – but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 6:9 – We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Rom 14:15 – For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 8:11 – And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
1 Cor 15:3 – For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
Gal 2:21 – I do not nullify the grace of God, for if justification were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
To suffer, πάσχω
Lk 24:26 – Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
Lk 24:46 – and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
Acts 3:18 – But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
1 Pet 2:21 – For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Pet 4:1 – Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
To be, εἰμί
Mk 12:35 – And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Lk 20:41 – But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
Acts 18:5 – When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 18:28 – for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
1 Cor 11:3 – But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Eph 2:20 – built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
To arise, ἐγείρω
Rom 6:4 – We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
1 Cor 15:13 – But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
1 Cor 15:14 – And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
1 Cor 15:16 – For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
1 Cor 15:17 – And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
1 Cor 15:20 – But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
To come/go, ἔρχομαι
Jn 7:41 – Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Jn 7:42 – Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
1 Tim 1:15 – The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
To enter, εἰσέρχομαι
Heb 9:11 – But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
Heb 9:12 – he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Heb 9:24 – For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
To live, ζάω
Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Gal 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
To love, ἀγαπάω
Eph 5:2 – And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Eph 5:25 – Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
To beget, γεννάω
Mt 2:4 – and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
To come/go down, καταβαίνω
Mk 15:32 – Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
To stay, μένω
Jn 12:34 – So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
To please, ἀρέσκω
Rom 15:3 – For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
To take, προσλαμβάνω
Rom 15:7 – Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
To be, γίνομαι
Rom 15:8 – For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
To workout/produce, κατεργάζομαι
Rom 15:18 – For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience–by word and deed,
To name, ὀνομάζω
Rom 15:20 – and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation,
To divide, μερίζω
1 Cor 1:13 – Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
To send, ἀποστέλλω
1 Cor 1:17 – For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
To preach, κηρύσσω
1 Cor 15:12 – Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
To redeem, ἐξαγοράζω
Gal 3:13 – Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us–for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"–
To form, μορφόω
Gal 4:19 – my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
To set free, ἐλευθερόω
Gal 5:1 – For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
To help, ὠφελέω
Gal 5:2 – Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
To dwell, κατοικέω
Eph 3:17 – so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith–that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
To shine on, ἐπιφαύσκω
Eph 5:14 – for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
To proclaim, καταγγέλλω
Phil 1:18 – What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
To magnify, μεγαλύνω
Phil 1:20 – as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
To sit, κάθημαι
Col 3:1 – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
To manifest, φανερόω
Col 3:4 – When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
To glorify, δοξάζω
Heb 5:5 – So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you";
To see, ὁράω
Heb 9:28 – so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Verbs with "Christ" (Χριστός) as Object
To preach, κηρύσσω
Acts 8:5 – Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
1 Cor 1:23 – but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
Phil 1:15 – Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.
To know, εἴδω
Lk 2:26 – And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Lk 4:41 – And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
To arise, ἐγείρω
Rom 8:11 – If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
1 Cor 15:15 – We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
To speak, λέγω
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
To confess/profess, ὁμολογέω
Jn 9:22 – (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
To do/make, ποιέω
Acts 2:36 – Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
To send, ἀποστέλλω
Acts 3:20 – that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
To bring down, κατάγω
Rom 10:6 – But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)
To lead, ἀνάγω
Rom 10:7 – or "'Who will descend into the abyss?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
Be a slave, δουλεύω
Rom 14:18 – Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
To test/tempt, ἐκπειράζω
1 Cor 10:9 – We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
To know, γινώσκω
2 Cor 5:16 – From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
To persuade, πείθω
2 Cor 10:7 – Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
To clothe, ἐνδύω
Gal 3:27 – For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
To learn, μανθάνω
Eph 4:20 – But that is not the way you learned Christ!–
To proclaim, καταγγέλλω
Phil 1:17 – The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.
To gain, κερδαίνω
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
To take, παραλαμβάνω
Col 2:6 – Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Verbs with "Christ" (Χριστός) as Indirect Object
To stand by, παρίστημι
2 Cor 11:2 – I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
To subject, ὑποτάσσω
Eph 5:24 – Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
Adjectives Modifying "Christ" (Χριστός)
To know/choose, προγινώσκω
1 Pet 1:19 – but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
1 Pet 1:20 – He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake,
To appoint, προχειρίζω
Acts 3:20 – that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
To crucify, σταυρόω
1 Cor 1:23 – but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
To speak, λαλέω
2 Cor 13:3 – since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
To end, καταργέω
2 Tim 1:10 – and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
To arise, ἐγείρω
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
Adverbs Modifying "Christ" (Χριστός)
And, καί
Rom 15:3 – For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
Rom 15:7 – Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
1 Cor 12:12 – For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Eph 5:2 – And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Eph 5:23 – For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Eph 5:25 – Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Eph 5:29 – For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
Heb 5:5 – So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you";
Heb 9:28 – so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
1 Pet 2:21 – For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Words Modified by "Christ" (Χριστός)
To crucify with, συσταυρόομαι
Gal 2:19 – For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
To make alive with, συζωοποιέω
Eph 2:5 – even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved–
To raise up with, συνεγείρω
Col 3:1 – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
To desire, καταστρηνιάω
1 Tim 5:11 – But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry
Predicates of "Christ" (Χριστός)
Jesus/Joshua, Ἰησοῦς
Acts 5:42 – And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 18:5 – When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 18:28 – for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
Here, ὧδε
Mt 24:23 – Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.
Mk 13:21 – And then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it.
Son, υἱός
Mk 12:35 – And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Lk 20:41 – But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
Servant, διάκονος
Rom 15:8 – For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
Gal 2:17 – But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Head, κεφαλή
1 Cor 11:3 – But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Eph 5:23 – For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Suffering, παθητός
Acts 26:23 – that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
Goal/tax, τέλος
Rom 10:4 – For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
God, θεός
1 Cor 3:23 – and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Firstfruits, ἀπαρχή
1 Cor 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Cornerstone, ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Eph 2:20 – built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
Hope, ἐλπίς
Col 1:27 – To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Appositions with "Christ" (Χριστός)
Jesus/Joshua, Ἰησοῦς
Acts 3:20 – that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
Acts 24:24 – After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
Rom 1:1 – Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Rom 2:16 – on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 6:3 – Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:11 – So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 – For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Rom 8:39 – nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 15:5 – May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
Rom 15:16 – to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Rom 15:17 – In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
Rom 16:3 – Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
1 Cor 1:1 – Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
1 Cor 1:2 – To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Cor 1:4 – I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
1 Cor 4:15 – For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Cor 4:17 – That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
1 Cor 16:24 – My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Cor 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Cor 1:19 – For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
2 Cor 4:5 – For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Gal 2:4 – Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in–who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery–
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:26 – for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Gal 3:28 – There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 4:14 – and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
Gal 5:6 – For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Gal 5:24 – And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Eph 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:6 – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Eph 2:7 – so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:10 – For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Eph 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:20 – built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
Eph 3:1 – For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles–
Eph 3:6 – This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Eph 3:11 – This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Eph 3:21 – to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Phil 1:1 – Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Phil 1:6 – And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Phil 1:8 – For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Phil 1:26 – so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Phil 2:5 – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Phil 2:21 – They all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Phil 3:3 – For we are the real circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh–
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Phil 3:12 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
Phil 3:14 – I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:7 – And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:19 – And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:21 – Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
Col 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Col 1:4 – since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
Col 2:6 – Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Col 4:12 – Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
1 Thess 2:14 – For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
1 Thess 5:18 – give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim 1:12 – I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
1 Tim 1:14 – and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 1:15 – The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
1 Tim 2:5 – For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Tim 3:13 – For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 4:6 – If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
1 Tim 5:21 – In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
1 Tim 6:13 – I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
2 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Tim 1:9 – who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
2 Tim 1:10 – and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
2 Tim 1:13 – Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:1 – You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 2:3 – Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:10 – Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Tim 3:12 – Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Tim 3:15 – and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 4:1 – I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Tit 2:13 – waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Phm 1:1 – Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Phm 1:9 – yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you–I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus–
Phm 1:23 – Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
Lord, κύριος
Lk 2:11 – For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Rom 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:39 – nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
Eph 3:11 – This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim 1:12 – I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
2 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Son, υἱός
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mt 26:63 – But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mk 14:61 – But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
King, βασιλεύς
Mk 15:32 – Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
Select, ἐκλεκτός
Lk 23:35 – And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
To come/go, ἔρχομαι
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
To die, ἀποθνήσκω
Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
The/this/who, ὁ
Rom 9:5 – To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Power, δύναμις
1 Cor 1:24 – but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Wisdom, σοφία
1 Cor 1:24 – but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Firstfruits, ἀπαρχή
1 Cor 15:20 – But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Life, ζωή
Col 3:4 – When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Hope, ἐλπίς
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
To testify, μαρτυρέω
1 Tim 6:13 – I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
Be about to, μέλλω
2 Tim 4:1 – I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Savior, σωτήρ
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
High-priest, ἀρχιερεύς
Heb 9:11 – But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
Prepositions with "Christ" (Χριστός)
In/on/among, ἐν
Rom 3:24 – and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 6:11 – So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 – For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:39 – nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 9:1 – I am speaking the truth in Christ–I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit–
Rom 12:5 – so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Rom 15:17 – In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
Rom 16:3 – Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
Rom 16:7 – Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.
Rom 16:9 – Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
Rom 16:10 – Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.
1 Cor 1:2 – To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Cor 1:4 – I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
1 Cor 3:1 – But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
1 Cor 4:10 – We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
1 Cor 4:15 – For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Cor 4:17 – That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1 Cor 15:18 – Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1 Cor 15:19 – If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
1 Cor 15:22 – For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
1 Cor 16:24 – My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Cor 2:14 – But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2 Cor 2:17 – For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Cor 3:14 – But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
2 Cor 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Cor 5:19 – that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Cor 12:2 – I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven–whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
2 Cor 12:19 – Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
Gal 1:22 – And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
Gal 2:4 – Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in–who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery–
Gal 2:17 – But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Gal 3:26 – for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Gal 3:28 – There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 5:6 – For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Eph 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Eph 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
Eph 1:10 – as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Eph 1:12 – so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Eph 1:20 – that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 2:6 – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Eph 2:7 – so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:10 – For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Eph 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Eph 3:6 – This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Eph 3:11 – This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Eph 3:21 – to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Eph 4:32 – Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Phil 1:1 – Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Phil 1:13 – so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
Phil 1:26 – so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Phil 2:1 – So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
Phil 2:5 – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Phil 3:3 – For we are the real circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh–
Phil 3:14 – I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:7 – And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:19 – And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:21 – Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
Col 1:2 – To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Col 1:4 – since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
Col 1:28 – Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
1 Thess 2:14 – For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
1 Thess 4:16 – For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Thess 5:18 – give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Tim 1:14 – and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 3:13 – For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 1:9 – who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
2 Tim 1:13 – Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:1 – You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Tim 2:10 – Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Tim 3:12 – Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Tim 3:15 – and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Phm 1:8 – Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
Phm 1:20 – Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Phm 1:23 – Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
1 Pet 3:16 – yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
1 Pet 5:10 – And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
1 Pet 5:14 – Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
Toward, εἰς
Acts 24:24 – After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:3 – Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Rom 16:5 – Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
1 Cor 8:12 – Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
2 Cor 1:21 – And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,
2 Cor 11:3 – But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal 3:24 – So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:27 – For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Eph 5:32 – This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
Col 2:5 – For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Phm 1:6 – and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
1 Pet 1:11 – inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
Through/because of, διά
Rom 2:16 – on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
1 Cor 4:10 – We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
2 Cor 1:5 – For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
2 Cor 3:4 – Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
2 Cor 5:18 – All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
Phil 3:7 – But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
From, ἀπό
Rom 9:3 – For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
Gal 5:4 – You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
With, σύν
Rom 6:8 – Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Phil 1:23 – I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
Col 2:20 – If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations–
Col 3:3 – For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
According to, κατά
Acts 4:26 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'–
Rom 15:5 – May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
Col 2:8 – See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Above/for, ὑπέρ
2 Cor 5:20 – Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
2 Cor 12:10 – For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Phil 1:29 – For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Before, ἐνώπιον
1 Tim 5:21 – In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
1 Tim 6:13 – I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
2 Tim 4:1 – I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Until, ἕως
Mt 1:17 – So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
About, περί
Mt 22:42 – saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
Without, χωρίς
Eph 2:12 – remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
By/under, ὑπό
Phil 3:12 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
With/after, μετά
Rev 20:4 – Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
"Christ" (Χριστός) with Prepositions
In/on/among, ἐν
Col 1:27 – To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Of/from, ἐκ
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
According to, κατά
2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
… of "Christ" (Χριστός)
Gospel, εὐαγγέλιον
Rom 15:19 – by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God–so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
1 Cor 9:12 – If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
2 Cor 2:12 – When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord,
2 Cor 9:13 – By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,
2 Cor 10:14 – For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. We were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:7 – not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
Phil 1:27 – Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
1 Thess 3:2 – and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
Apostle, ἀπόστολος
1 Cor 1:1 – Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 Cor 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Cor 11:13 – For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
Eph 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Col 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 Thess 2:7 – But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
2 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
Slave, δοῦλος
Rom 1:1 – Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
1 Cor 7:22 – For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
Gal 1:10 – For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Eph 6:6 – not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
Phil 1:1 – Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Col 4:12 – Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
Body, σῶμα
Rom 7:4 – Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
1 Cor 10:16 – The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Cor 12:27 – Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Eph 4:12 – to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
Love, ἀγάπη
Rom 8:35 – Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
2 Cor 5:14 – For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
Eph 3:19 – and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Cross, σταυρός
1 Cor 1:17 – For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Gal 6:12 – It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Phil 3:18 – For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Blood, αἷμα
1 Cor 10:16 – The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
Eph 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Heb 9:14 – how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
The/this/who, ὁ
1 Cor 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Gal 5:24 – And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Phil 2:21 – They all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Suffering, πάθημα
2 Cor 1:5 – For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
1 Pet 4:13 – But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
1 Pet 5:1 – So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
Servant, διάκονος
2 Cor 11:23 – Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one–I am talking like a madman–with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
Col 1:7 – just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf
1 Tim 4:6 – If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
Prisoner, δέσμιος
Eph 3:1 – For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles–
Phm 1:1 – Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Phm 1:9 – yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you–I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus–
Day, ἡμέρα
Phil 1:6 – And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Phil 1:10 – so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Phil 2:16 – holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Work, ἔργον
Mt 11:2 – Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
Phil 2:30 – for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
Spirit/breath, πνεῦμα
Rom 8:9 – You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
1 Pet 1:11 – inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
Face, πρόσωπον
2 Cor 2:10 – Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
2 Cor 4:6 – For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Glory, δόξα
2 Cor 4:4 – In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Cor 8:23 – As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
Faith/trust, πίστις
Gal 2:16 – yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Phil 3:9 – and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–
Mystery, μυστήριον
Eph 3:4 – When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,
Col 4:3 – At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison–
Resurrection, ἀνάστασις
Acts 2:31 – he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Co-heir, συγκληρονόμος
Rom 8:17 – and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Word, ῥῆμα
Rom 10:17 – So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Minister, λειτουργός
Rom 15:16 – to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Praise, εὐλογία
Rom 15:29 – I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
Assembly, ἐκκλησία
Rom 16:16 – Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
Testimony, μαρτύριον
1 Cor 1:6 – even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you–
Mind, νοῦς
1 Cor 2:16 – "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Servant, ὑπηρέτης
1 Cor 4:1 – This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Member, μέλος
1 Cor 6:15 – Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
Under law, ἔννομος
1 Cor 9:21 – To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
Head, κεφαλή
1 Cor 11:3 – But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Aroma, εὐωδία
2 Cor 2:15 – For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
Epistle, ἐπιστολή
2 Cor 3:3 – And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Judgement seat, βῆμα
2 Cor 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Harmony, συμφώνησις
2 Cor 6:15 – What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
Gentleness, ἐπιείκεια
2 Cor 10:1 – I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ–I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!–
Gentleness, πραΰτης
2 Cor 10:1 – I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ–I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!–
Obedience, ὑπακοή
2 Cor 10:5 – We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
Truth, ἀλήθεια
2 Cor 11:10 – As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Power, δύναμις
2 Cor 12:9 – But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Test, δοκιμή
2 Cor 13:3 – since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
Grace, χάρις
Gal 1:6 – I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel–
Law, νόμος
Gal 6:2 – Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Riches, πλοῦτος
Eph 3:8 – To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Free gift, δωρεά
Eph 4:7 – But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Fulfillment, πλήρωμα
Eph 4:13 – until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Kingdom, βασιλεία
Eph 5:5 – For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Fear, φόβος
Eph 5:21 – submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Affection/entrails, σπλάγχνον
Phil 1:8 – For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Knowledge, γνῶσις
Phil 3:8 – Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Pressure, θλῖψις
Col 1:24 – Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
Circumcision, περιτομή
Col 2:11 – In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
Peace, εἰρήνη
Col 3:15 – And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Word, λόγος
Col 3:16 – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Perseverance, ὑπομονή
2 Thess 3:5 – May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Command, ἐπιταγή
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
Soldier, στρατιώτης
2 Tim 2:3 – Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Partaker, μέτοχος
Heb 3:14 – For we share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
Beginning, ἀρχή
Heb 6:1 – Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
Reproach, ὀνειδισμός
Heb 11:26 – He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Name, ὄνομα
1 Pet 4:14 – If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Teaching, διδαχή
2 Jn 1:9 – Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Authority, ἐξουσία
Rev 12:10 – And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
Priest, ἱερεύς
Rev 20:6 – Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
"Christ" (Χριστός) of …
He/she/it/self, αὐτός
Acts 3:18 – But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Acts 4:26 – The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'–
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
Rev 12:10 – And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
God, θεός
Lk 9:20 – Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Lk 23:35 – And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
Lord, κύριος
Lk 2:26 – And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Verbal Copula of "Christ" (Χριστός)
To be, εἰμί
Mt 16:16 – Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mt 16:20 – Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Mt 24:5 – For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
Mt 26:63 – But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Mk 8:29 – And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
Mk 9:41 – For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Mk 14:61 – But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Lk 2:11 – For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Lk 3:15 – As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,
Lk 4:41 – And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Lk 22:67 – "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe,
Lk 23:2 – And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
Lk 23:35 – And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
Lk 23:39 – One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
Jn 1:20 – He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
Jn 1:25 – They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
Jn 3:28 – You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
Jn 4:29 – "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
Jn 7:26 – And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
Jn 7:41 – Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Jn 10:24 – So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Jn 20:31 – but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 9:22 – But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
1 Cor 10:4 – and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
2 Cor 10:7 – Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
Gal 3:16 – Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ.
1 Jn 2:22 – Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
1 Jn 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
To speak, λέγω
Mt 1:16 – and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
Mt 27:17 – So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
Mt 27:22 – Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"
Jn 4:25 – The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
To mean, μεθερμηνεύω
Jn 1:41 – He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
To be, γίνομαι
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
… and "Christ" (Χριστός)
God, θεός
1 Tim 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tim 6:13 – I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
2 Tim 1:2 – To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Tim 4:1 – I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Tit 1:4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Rev 20:6 – Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Lord, κύριος
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
"Christ" (Χριστός) and …
God, θεός
Eph 5:5 – For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 29:7 – You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 40:13 – and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Lev 6:20 – "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
Lev 7:36 – The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 10:7 – And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Sons of Aaron
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Ex 29:29 – "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Lev 7:36 – The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 10:7 – And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Num 3:3 – These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
High priest
Lev 16:32 – And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments.
Lev 21:10 – "The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
Lev 21:12 – He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Zadok
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.
Kings
David
1 Sam 16:12 – And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
1 Sam 16:13 – Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
2 Sam 3:39 – And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!"
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
Ps 89:20 – I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
Solomon
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:39 – There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kgs 5:1 – Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
Jehu
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
2 Chr 22:7 – But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Saul
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
King
Judg 9:8 – The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Joash
2 Kgs 11:12 – Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Hazael
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
Elisha
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
Jehoahaz
2 Kgs 23:30 – And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
Notable men
Amos 6:6 – who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Jesus
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Acts 4:27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Believers
1 Jn 2:20 – But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
1 Jn 2:27 – But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything–and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you–abide in him.
Bramble
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
Absalom
2 Sam 19:10 – But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
Elisha
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
What is anointed
Altar
Ex 29:36 – and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Num 7:88 – and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
Utensils/furnishings
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
Wafers
Ex 29:2 – and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
Lev 2:4 – "When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
Lev 7:12 – If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
Num 6:15 – and a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
Basin
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Stand
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Tabernacle
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
Garments
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lampstand
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Table
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
All that is in the tabernacle
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Pillar
Gen 31:13 – I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"
Tent of meeting
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ark
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Shield
Isa 21:5 – They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
House
Jer 22:14 – who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.
Cherub
Ezek 28:14 – You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
Most holy place
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Who anoints
Moses
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 29:7 – You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Ex 29:36 – and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Ex 40:13 – and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Lev 7:36 – The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
The LORD God
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
2 Chr 22:7 – But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 89:20 – I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Acts 4:27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
2 Cor 1:21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
1 Jn 2:20 – But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
1 Jn 2:27 – But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything–and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you–abide in him.
Samuel
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 16:3 – And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you."
1 Sam 16:3 – And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you."
1 Sam 16:12 – And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
1 Sam 16:13 – Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Zadok and Nathan
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
Zadok
1 Kgs 1:39 – There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
Men of Judah
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
Elijah
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
Jehoida and his sons
2 Kgs 11:12 – Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Tribes of Israel
2 Sam 19:10 – But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
People of the land
2 Kgs 23:30 – And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
Elders of Israel
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
Princes
Isa 21:5 – They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
The unrighteous
Jer 22:14 – who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.
Notable men
Amos 6:6 – who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
What to anoint with
Oil
Ex 25:6 – oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
Ex 29:2 – and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
Ex 29:7 – You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Ex 30:25 – And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:31 – And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
Ex 31:11 – and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do."
Ex 35:8 – oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
Ex 35:15 – and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
Ex 35:28 – and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
Ex 37:29 – He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
Ex 39:38 – the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent;
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 2:4 – "When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
Lev 7:12 – If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
Lev 8:2 – "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 10:7 – And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Lev 21:10 – "The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
Lev 21:12 – He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
Num 4:16 – "And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels."
Num 6:15 – and a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 16:13 – Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
1 Kgs 1:39 – There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 89:20 – I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
Amos 6:6 – who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Heb 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Portion of offering [footnote text=“The Hebrew word translated "portion" in the following verse means "anointing."”]
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
Contributions [footnote text=“The Hebrew word translated "portion" in the following verse means "anointing."”]
Num 18:8 – Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.
Vermilion
Jer 22:14 – who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.
Holy Spirit
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Purpose of anointing
Be king
Judg 9:8 – The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
2 Sam 3:39 – And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!"
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:39 – There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kgs 5:1 – Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
2 Kgs 11:12 – Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
2 Kgs 23:30 – And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Be priest
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 40:13 – and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Num 3:3 – These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.
Consecrate
Ex 29:36 – and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Be prince
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.
Bring good news to the poor
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Lk 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Know all things
1 Jn 2:20 – But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
1 Jn 2:27 – But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything–and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you–abide in him.
Actions parallel to anointing
Consecrate
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Ex 40:13 – and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 16:32 – And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
Offer
Lev 6:20 – "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
Num 7:10 – And the chiefs offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Num 7:88 – and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
Proclaim king
2 Kgs 11:12 – Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Make a vow
Gen 31:13 – I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"
Ordain
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 29:29 – "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.
Purify
Ex 29:36 – and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
Make king
2 Kgs 23:30 – And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
Finish the transgression…
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Drink wine
Amos 6:6 – who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Words related grammatically to "anoint" (מָשַׁח)
Subjects of "Anoint" (מָשַׁח)
[object marker], אֵת
Lev 6:20 – "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
Num 7:10 – And the chiefs offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Num 7:88 – and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
YHWH, יהוה
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Chr 22:7 – But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Nathan, נָתָן
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
Zadok, צָדֹוק
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
Him
Lev 7:36 – The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."
These, אֵהֶל
Num 3:3 – These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
Thou, אַתְּ
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
House, בַּיִת
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
King, מֶלֶךְ
2 Sam 3:39 – And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!"
I, אָנׄכִי
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
David, דָּוִד
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
Son, בֵּן
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Jehoiada, יְהֹויָדָע
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
God/god(s), אֱלֹהִים
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Objects of "Anoint" (מָשַׁח)
[object marker], אֵת
Ex 28:41 – And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Ex 29:7 – You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Ex 29:36 – and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.
Ex 40:13 – and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Lev 7:36 – The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Lev 16:32 – And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments.
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Sam 16:13 – Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kgs 5:1 – Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
2 Kgs 23:30 – And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
Isa 61:1 – The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
You
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Him
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 16:12 – And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
2 Kgs 11:12 – Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
2 Chr 22:7 – But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
2 Chr 23:11 – Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."
Ps 89:20 – I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
Tool, כְּלִי
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Altar, מִזְבֵּחַ
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:10 – You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Basin, כִּיּׄור
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Base, כֵּן
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:28 – and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.
Ex 40:11 – You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.
Lev 8:11 – And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
David, דָּוִד
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
Lamp stand, מְנׄורָה
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Table, שֻׁלְחָן
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ex 30:27 – and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Whole, כֹּל
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Dwelling-place, מִשְׁכָּן
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Massebe, מַצֵּבָה
Gen 31:13 – I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"
Tent, אֹהֶל
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Ark, אֲרֹון
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Aaron, אַהֲרֹון
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Son, בֵּן
Ex 30:30 – You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
Father, אָב
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Them
Num 7:1 – On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
King, מֶלֶךְ
Judg 9:8 – The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
Solomon, שְׁלֹמֹה
1 Kgs 1:39 – There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
Hazael, חֲזָאֵל
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
Elisha, אֱלִישָׁע
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
Jehu, יֵהוּא
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
Shield, מָגֵן
Isa 21:5 – They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
Holiness, קֹדֶשׁ
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Beginning, רֵאשִׁית
Amos 6:6 – who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Indirect Objects of "Anoint" (מָשַׁח)
King, מֶלֶךְ
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kgs 5:1 – Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
Oil, שֶׁמֶן
Ex 29:2 – and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
Lev 2:4 – "When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
Lev 7:12 – If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
Num 6:15 – and a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Chief, נָגִיד
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness.
People, עַם
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
One lifted up, נָשִׂיא
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Heritage, נַחֲלָה
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
House, בַּיִת
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
Aram, אֲרָם
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
Prophet, נָבִיא
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
Minium, שָׁשַׁר
Jer 22:14 – who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.
Adverbs Modifying "Anoint" (מָשַׁח)
There, שָׁם
Gen 31:13 – I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
Words Modified by "Anoint" (מָשַׁח)
Priest, כֹּהֵן
Num 3:3 – These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
"Anoint" (מָשַׁח) with Prepositions
To, for, לְ
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
1 Sam 16:3 – And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you."
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 1:45 – And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kgs 5:1 – Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
1 Chr 29:22 – And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness.
Above, עַל
Judg 9:8 – The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
Judg 9:15 – And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
1 Sam 9:16 – "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
1 Sam 10:1 – Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
1 Sam 15:1 – And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Sam 15:17 – And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
2 Sam 2:4 – And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Sam 2:7 – Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
2 Sam 5:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 5:17 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2 Sam 12:7 – Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Sam 19:10 – But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
1 Kgs 1:34 – And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
1 Kgs 19:15 – And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kgs 19:16 – And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
1 Chr 11:3 – So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chr 14:8 – When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.
In, among, בְּ
Ex 29:2 – and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
Ex 30:26 – With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Lev 2:4 – "When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
Lev 7:12 – If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
Num 6:15 – and a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Jer 22:14 – who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.
To, אֶל
2 Kgs 9:3 – Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."
2 Kgs 9:6 – So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kgs 9:12 – And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"
[object marker], אֵת
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Out of, מִן
Num 7:84 – This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
Words related grammatically to “To anoint” (χρίω)
Subjects of "To anoint" (χρίω)
God, θεός
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Objects of "to anoint" (χρίω)
I/we, ἐγώ
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
2 Cor 1:21 – And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,
Which, ὅς, ἥ
Acts 4:27 – for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
He/she/it/self, αὐτός
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
You, σύ
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Adverbs Modifying "To anoint" (χρίω)
To speak good news, εὐαγγελίζομαι
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Spirit/breath, πνεῦμα
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Olive oil, ἔλαιον
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Prepositions with "To anoint" (χρίω)
Because of, ἕνεκα, εἵνεκεν
Lk 4:18 – "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Through/because of, διά
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
"To anoint" (χρίω) with Prepositions
From/with/beside, παρά
Heb 1:9 – You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."
Words related grammatically to "anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
Subjects of "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
This, זׄאת
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
Verbs with "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה) as Subject
Be, הָיָה
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Appositions with "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
Spice, רֹקַח
Ex 30:25 – And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Prepositions with "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
To, for, לְ
Ex 29:29 – "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.
Num 18:8 – Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.
… of "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
Oil, שֶׁמֶן
Ex 25:6 – oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
Ex 29:7 – You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Ex 29:21 – Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Ex 30:25 – And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Ex 30:31 – And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
Ex 31:11 – and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do."
Ex 35:8 – oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
Ex 35:15 – and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
Ex 35:28 – and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
Ex 37:29 – He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
Ex 39:38 – the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent;
Ex 40:9 – "Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.
Lev 8:2 – "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread.
Lev 8:10 – Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
Lev 8:12 – And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Lev 8:30 – Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Lev 10:7 – And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Lev 21:10 – "The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
Lev 21:12 – He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
Num 4:16 – "And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels."
"Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה) of …
Holiness, קֹדֶשׁ
Ex 30:25 – And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Ex 30:31 – And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
Them
Ex 40:15 – and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations."
Aaron, אַהֲרֹון
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
Son, בֵּן
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
YHWH, יהוה
Lev 10:7 – And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
God/god(s), אֱלֹהִים
Lev 21:12 – He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
… and "Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה)
Anointing, מִשְׁחָה
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
"Anointing" (מִשְׁחָה) and …
Anointing, מִשְׁחָה
Lev 7:35 – This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.
Passages that pertain directly to God’s righteousness
Deut 9:4-6
Deut 16:18-20
Ps 37:1-40
Ps 51:1-19
Ps 72:1-19
Ps 85:1-13
Ps 97:1-12
Ps 98:1-9
Ps 103:6-18
Ps 112:1-10
Ps 118:15-24
Isa 32:1-20
Isa 45:18-46:13
Isa 51:1-8
Isa 53:1-12
Isa 54:11-17
Isa 58:1-59:21
Jer 23:5-6
Jer 33:15-16
Ezk 3:18-21
Ezek 18:5-32
Ezek 33:4-20
Zech 9:6-17
Mt 23:13-36
Rom 1:17-18
Rom 3:5-31
Rom 4:1-5:21
Gal 2:16-21
Gal 3:5-24
Jas 2:21-25
The relationship between God and righteousness
Righteousness is God’s nature
Ex 9:27 – Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, "This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Deut 32:4 – "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
2 Chr 12:6 – Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."
Ezra 9:15 – O LORD the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
Neh 9:8 – You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
Neh 9:33 – Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
Job 8:3 – Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Job 34:17 – Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
Ps 7:9 – Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous–you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Ps 7:11 – God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
Ps 11:7 – For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Ps 45:4 – In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 48:10 – As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Ps 50:6 – The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Ps 85:11 – Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
Ps 89:14 – Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Ps 97:2 – Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Ps 116:5 – Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
Ps 119:137 – Righteous are you, O LORD, and right are your rules.
Ps 129:4 – The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
Ps 145:17 – The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Isa 5:16 – But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Isa 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Isa 41:26 – Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, "He is right"? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 42:21 – The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
Isa 45:21 – Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Jer 12:1 – Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 50:7 – All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
Lam 1:18 – "The LORD is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and see my suffering; my young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
Dan 9:7 – To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
Dan 9:14 – Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Zeph 3:5 – The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
Zech 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Jn 5:30 – "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.
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Acts 3:14 – But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 7:52 – Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
Acts 22:14 – And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
Rom 3:4 – By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 14:17 – For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 1:30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
1 Jn 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Jn 2:1 – My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
1 Jn 3:7 – Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Righteousness is God’s command to men
Gen 18:19 – For I have chosen him, 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 to Abraham what he has promised him."
Ex 23:7 – Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Lev 19:15 – "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Lev 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Num 30:2 – 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.
Num 31:2 – "Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
Num 31:3 – So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.
Deut 1:16 – And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
Deut 16:18 – "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deut 16:20 – Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut 24:13 – You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
Deut 25:15 – A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Ps 4:5 – Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.
Ps 82:3 – Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Prov 31:8 – Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Prov 31:9 – Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isa 56:1 – Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Jer 21:12 – O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"
Jer 22:3 – Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Ezek 45:9 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 45:10 – "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Zech 8:16 – These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 7:12 – "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Mt 18:35 – So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."
Lk 6:31 – And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Jn 7:24 – Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Rom 12:17 – Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Eph 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Eph 6:9 – Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Col 3:25 – For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Col 4:1 – Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
1 Thess 4:6 – that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
1 Thess 5:15 – See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
1 Tim 6:11 – But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
2 Tim 2:22 – So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
1 Pet 1:17 – And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
1 Pet 3:9 – Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Righteousness is God’s delight and expectation
Deut 33:19 – They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand."
Ps 4:5 – Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.
Ps 11:7 – For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Ps 14:5 – There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
Ps 33:5 – He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
Ps 45:4 – In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!
Ps 45:7 – you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Ps 51:19 – then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Ps 99:4 – The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Ps 146:8 – the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
Prov 21:3 – To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isa 64:5 – You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
Jer 9:24 – but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
Amos 5:24 – But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Mal 3:3 – He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.
The authority of righteousness belongs to God
Gen 49:16 – "Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Job 36:3 – I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Ps 4:1 – Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Ps 48:10 – As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Ps 72:1 – Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
Isa 40:10 – Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 45:24 – "Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.
Isa 62:11 – Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him."
Zech 3:7 – "Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
Rom 5:17 – If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Rev 22:11 – Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."
Righteousness testifies to God’s glory
Ps 97:6 – The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Isa 46:13 – I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Lk 23:47 – Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
Rom 8:30 – And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Phil 1:11 – filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
1 Tim 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Rev 15:4 – Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
Why God exercises righteousness
Men fail to act justly (See <topic id=”650” startswith=”Actions of unrighteousness” nth=”1”>Righteousness > Actions of unrighteousness</topic>)
Men shed blood
Gen 4:10 – And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 – And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Gen 9:6 – "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
Num 35:33 – You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Deut 19:10 – lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
2 Sam 3:28 – Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
2 Sam 16:8 – The LORD has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood."
2 Sam 21:1 – Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."
1 Kgs 2:5 – "Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.
1 Kgs 2:32 – The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
1 Kgs 2:33 – So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the LORD forevermore."
1 Kgs 21:19 – And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'"
2 Kgs 9:26 – 'As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons–declares the LORD–I will repay you on this plot of ground.' Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the LORD."
2 Kgs 21:16 – Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Ps 5:6 – You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Ps 55:23 – But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Prov 6:17 – haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Isa 1:15 – When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isa 26:21 – For behold, the LORD is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
Jer 19:6 – therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
Jer 19:8 – And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.
Jer 22:17 – But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Jer 22:18 – Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, my brother!' or 'Ah, sister!' They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, lord!' or 'Ah, his majesty!'
Lam 4:13 – This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
Ezek 16:36 – Thus says the Lord GOD, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them,
Ezek 16:38 – And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Ezek 22:2 – "And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.
Ezek 22:3 – You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
Ezek 22:4 – You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.
Ezek 22:9 – There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
Ezek 22:12 – In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 22:13 – "Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.
Ezek 23:37 – For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.
Ezek 23:45 – But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands."
Ezek 24:6 – "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
Ezek 24:7 – For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
Ezek 24:8 – To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
Ezek 24:9 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Ezek 35:6 – therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.
Ezek 36:18 – So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
Joel 3:19 – "Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel 3:21 – I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion."
Mic 3:10 – who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Nah 3:1 – Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder–no end to the prey!
Hab 2:12 – "Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity!
Mt 27:4 – saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."
Mt 27:25 – And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"
Rev 16:6 – For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"
Rev 18:24 – And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
Men worship idols
Ex 20:5 – You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Lev 20:3 – I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.
Isa 65:6 – Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their bosom
Jer 16:18 – But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."
Jer 44:22 – The LORD could no longer bear your evil deeds and the abominations that you committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Ezek 7:9 – And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.
Ezek 11:21 – But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 14:4 – Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols,
Ezek 21:29 – while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you–to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
Ezek 22:3 – You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
Ezek 22:4 – You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.
Ezek 23:49 – And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
Ezek 23:35 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring."
Ezek 23:49 – And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
Ezek 44:13 – They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed.
Men oppose God
Num 31:2 – "Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
Num 31:3 – So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.
Deut 7:10 – and repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
Deut 32:41 – if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.
Deut 32:43 – "Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people's land."
Judg 11:36 – And she said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."
Job 8:4 – If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
Ps 59:10 – My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
Isa 1:24 – Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
Isa 59:18 – According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
Isa 66:6 – "The sound of an uproar from the city! A sound from the temple! The sound of the LORD, rendering recompense to his enemies!
Jer 46:10 – That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jer 51:6 – "Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
Ezek 16:43 – Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. "Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?
Joel 3:4 – "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
Mic 7:10 – Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
Nah 1:2 – The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
2 Thess 1:8 – in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Men break the covenant
Lev 26:14-25
Deu 9:24-25
2 Kgs 17:13-18
2 Chr 24:24
Jer 22:6-9
Ezek 16:59
Ezek 17:13-19
Hos 4:1-14
Mal 2:1-9
Mal 2:10-16
1 Tim 5:11-12
Men lie
Ps 5:6 – You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Jer 23:32 – Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the LORD, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the LORD.
Ezek 13:8 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 13:9 – My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezek 21:29 – while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you–to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
Hos 10:4 – They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Hos 10:13 – You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,
Rev 21:8 – But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Rev 21:27 – But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Men are proud
Ps 31:23 – Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
Ps 94:2 – Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
Prov 6:17 – haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Jer 50:29 – "Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Hos 9:7 – The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Acts 12:23 – Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
Rom 1:27 – and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Men oppose the people of God
Ezek 25:12 – "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them,
Mic 7:10 – Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
1 Thess 4:6 – that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Men commit iniquity
Lev 18:25 – and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
Rom 1:27 – and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Men refuse to acknowledge sin
Jer 2:35 – you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.'
How God exercises righteousness
Through judgment
See <topic id=”455” startswith=”The ways God judges” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the Old Testament > The ways God judges</topic>
See <topic id=”488” startswith=”Ways with which Jesus judges” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the New Testament > Ways with which Jesus judges</topic>
Establishes laws
See <topic id=”455” startswith=”Uses statutes and rules” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the Old Testament > The ways God judges > Uses statutes and rules</topic>
See <topic id=”488” startswith=”The law” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the New Testament > Who judges? > God > The law</topic>
See <topic id=”650” startswith=”God’s words/laws/statutes/judgments” nth=”1”>Righteousness > Who and what are righteous > God > God’s words/laws/statutes/judgments</topic>
Through searching
See <topic id=”558” startswith=”God searches” nth=”1”>God’s Omniscience > God searches</topic>
Through salvation
See <topic id=”452” startswith=”Out of God’s righteousness” nth=”1”>Salvation > God’s motivations of saving > Out of God’s righteousness</topic>
Establishes a kingdom
Judg 5:11 – To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel."Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.
Ps 99:4 – The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Isa 1:27 – Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Isa 26:2 – Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isa 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Isa 33:5 – The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
Isa 34:8 – For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isa 41:2 – Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 46:13 – I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."
Isa 60:17 – Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Isa 62:11 – Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him."
Isa 63:4 – For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 23:6 – In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 31:23 – Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: "'The LORD bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!'
Jer 33:15 – In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 33:16 – In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 50:28 – "A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, vengeance for his temple.
Jer 51:10 – The LORD has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
Jer 51:11 – "Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.
Jer 51:24 – "I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the LORD.
Joel 2:23 – "Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
Joel 3:21 – I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion."
Zech 8:8 – and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness."
Zech 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Fulfills the gospel
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isa 61:11 – For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Jn 16:8 – And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Jn 16:10 – concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 3:21 – But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it–
Rom 3:22 – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:25 – whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 – It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 5:16 – And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
Rom 5:17 – If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Gal 5:5 – For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Tit 3:7 – so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Leads men to do righteousness/become righteous (See <topic id=”674” startswith=”Reasons men are justified by God” nth=”1”>Justification > Reasons men are justified by God</topic>; <topic id=”674” startswith=”Results of justification by God” nth=”1”>Justification > Results of justification by God</topic>)
Ps 5:8 – Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
Ps 23:3 – He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 85:13 – Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
Ps 118:19 – Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Isa 26:2 – Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isa 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
2 Cor 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Cor 6:7 – by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
Speaks with righteousness
Ps 119:172 – My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Isa 45:19 – I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Isa 45:23 – By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'
Isa 63:1 – Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save."
Characteristics of God’s righteousness
Duality of righteousness
Punishment
Ex 32:34 – But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."
Ex 34:7 – keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
Lev 26:25 – And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Deut 7:10 – and repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
Deut 32:35 – Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.'
Deut 32:41 – if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.
Deut 32:43 – "Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people's land."
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
2 Kgs 9:26 – 'As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons–declares the LORD–I will repay you on this plot of ground.' Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the LORD."
Job 34:11 – For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
Ps 1:5 – Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Ps 1:6 – for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Ps 75:10 – All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Ps 92:11 – My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
Ps 96:13 – before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Ps 98:9 – before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Isa 1:26 – And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Isa 10:22 – For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
Isa 11:4 – but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Isa 28:17 – And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
Isa 11:5 – Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Isa 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Isa 35:4 – Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."
Isa 40:10 – Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 41:2 – Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
Isa 47:3 – Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Isa 51:6 – Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
Isa 51:8 – For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Isa 54:14 – In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Isa 54:17 – no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
Isa 57:12 – I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Isa 59:18 – According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
Isa 61:8 – For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isa 65:6 – Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their bosom
Isa 66:15 – "For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jer 14:16 – And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them–them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.
Jer 25:14 – For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
Jer 46:10 – That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jer 51:6 – "Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
Jer 51:24 – "I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the LORD.
Jer 51:36 – Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,
Jer 51:56 – for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
Ezek 7:4 – And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 7:9 – And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.
Ezek 9:10 – As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads."
Ezek 11:21 – But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 14:4 – Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols,
Ezek 16:43 – Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. "Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Ezek 23:49 – And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
Ezek 25:14 – And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 35:6 – therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.
Hos 4:9 – And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Hos 9:7 – The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Hos 12:2 – The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
Joel 3:4 – "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
Joel 3:7 – Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your own head.
Obad 1:15 – For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.
Mic 5:15 – And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
Mic 7:10 – Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
Mal 3:18 – Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Mt 13:49 – So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Mt 16:27 – For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Lk 21:22 – for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
Acts 17:31 – because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
Acts 24:25 – And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you."
Rom 2:5 – But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
Rom 2:6 – He will render to each one according to his works:
Rom 2:7 – to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Rom 2:8 – but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
Rom 12:19 – Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
2 Cor 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2 Cor 11:15 – So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
2 Thess 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2 Thess 1:9 – They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Heb 10:30 – For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."
1 Pet 2:23 – When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Rev 22:12 – "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
Grace
Love presupposes righteousness
Job 37:23 – The Almighty–we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
Ps 33:5 – He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
Ps 36:10 – Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
Ps 40:10 – I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
Ps 62:12 – and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Ps 71:15 – My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Ps 85:10 – Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Ps 89:14 – Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Ps 98:2 – The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Ps 103:10 – He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 112:4 – Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Ps 116:5 – Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
Ps 145:17 – The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Isa 16:5 – then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
Isa 43:25 – "I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isa 45:8 – "Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.
Isa 53:4 – Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Jer 9:24 – but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
Lam 4:22 – The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins.
Ezek 18:22 – None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.
Hos 2:19 – And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Jon 3:10 – When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
Mt 9:13 – Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Righteousness includes the hope of salvation
Deut 32:43 – "Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people's land."
Ps 75:10 – All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Isa 1:27 – Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isa 26:2 – Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Isa 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Isa 32:16 – Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
Isa 32:17 – And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
Isa 33:5 – The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
Isa 35:4 – Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."
Isa 41:10 – fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 45:13 – I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward," says the LORD of hosts.
Isa 45:25 – In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory."
Isa 46:13 – I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory."
Isa 51:5 – My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.
Isa 51:6 – Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
Isa 51:8 – For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Isa 53:11 – Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Isa 54:14 – In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Isa 56:1 – Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Isa 58:8 – Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Isa 59:16 – He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.
Isa 60:17 – Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isa 61:11 – For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
Isa 62:1 – For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
Isa 62:2 – The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
Isa 62:11 – Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him."
Isa 63:1 – Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save."
Isa 63:4 – For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
Jer 4:2 – and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 23:6 – In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Jer 33:15 – In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 33:16 – In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'
Hos 2:19 – And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Mic 4:6 – In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted;
Zech 8:8 – and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness."
Mal 4:2 – But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Mt 9:13 – Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mk 2:17 – And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Lk 5:32 – I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 10:5 – For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
Gal 3:11 – Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."
Gal 5:5 – For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
2 Pet 3:13 – But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
1 Jn 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Righteousness includes the promise of rewards
Ps 5:12 – For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 37:6 – He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Ps 72:7 – In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Ps 92:12 – The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Isa 3:10 – Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isa 40:10 – Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 54:17 – no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
Isa 60:21 – Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Mt 6:4 – so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 6:6 – But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 6:18 – that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Mt 10:41 – The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
Mt 13:43 – Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Mt 16:27 – For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Lk 14:14 – and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
Rom 2:6 – He will render to each one according to his works:
Rom 2:7 – to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
2 Cor 11:15 – So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Rev 22:12 – "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
Righteousness includes opportunities for mercy
Num 35:12 – The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
Num 35:25 – And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Deut 19:6 – lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
Josh 20:3 – that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
Josh 20:5 – And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.
Josh 20:9 – These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.
Fairness to all
All must face righteousness (See <topic id=”489” startswith=”Who is condemned?” nth=”1”>“Condemnation” in the New Testament > Who is condemned?</topic>; <topic id=”488” startswith=”Who are judged?” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the New Testament > Who are judged?</topic>)
Gen 18:25 – Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
Job 36:31 – For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
Ps 7:8 – The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
Ps 9:8 – and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
Ps 48:10 – As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Ps 50:4 – He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Ps 65:5 – By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
Ps 76:8 – From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still,
Ps 94:2 – Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
Ps 96:10 – Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Ps 96:13 – before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Ps 97:6 – The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
Ps 98:2 – The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Ps 98:9 – before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Ps 110:6 – He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
Ps 149:7 – to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
Isa 3:13 – The LORD has taken his place to contend; he stands to judge peoples.
Isa 26:9 – My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isa 42:6 – "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Isa 59:18 – According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
Isa 61:11 – For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
Jer 4:2 – and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
Jer 23:5 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jer 33:15 – In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Obad 1:15 – For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.
Mic 5:15 – And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
Mt 23:36 – Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Mt 25:32 – Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Lk 13:3 – No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Lk 13:5 – No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."
Lk 11:50 – so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
Lk 11:51 – from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
Acts 17:30 – The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
Rom 3:22 – the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 14:10 – Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;
Gal 3:8 – And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
1 Tim 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Heb 9:27 – And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
2 Pet 3:10 – But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
2 Pet 3:11 – Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
2 Pet 3:12 – waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
Rev 15:4 – Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
Those who receive greater judgment
Isa 5:7 – For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Ezek 9:6 – Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.
Amos 3:2 – "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Mk 12:40 – who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
Lk 12:48 – But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Lk 20:47 – who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
Jn 19:11 – Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."
Jas 3:1 – Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
1 Pet 4:17 – For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Consistent principles (See <topic id=”488” startswith=”Principles of Jesus’ judgment” nth=”1”>“Judgment” in the New Testament > Principles of Jesus’ judgment</topic>)
According to one’s actions
Gen 18:21 – I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know."
Gen 18:25 – Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
Judg 1:7 – And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
1 Sam 2:3 – Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 34:11 – For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
Ps 62:12 – and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Ps 99:8 – O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
Prov 24:12 – If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Prov 24:29 – Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Isa 3:10 – Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isa 3:11 – Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Isa 59:18 – According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
Isa 65:6 – Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their bosom
Jer 17:10 – "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
Jer 25:14 – For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
Jer 32:19 – great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Lam 3:64 – "You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Ezek 7:3 – Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezek 7:4 – And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 7:8 – Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezek 7:9 – And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.
Ezek 7:27 – The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
Ezek 11:21 – But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 16:43 – Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. "Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?
Ezek 16:59 – "For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,
Ezek 18:20 – The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Ezek 18:30 – "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
Ezek 22:31 – Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 24:14 – I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 33:20 – Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways."
Ezek 35:15 – As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Hos 4:9 – And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Hos 12:2 – The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
Jon 3:10 – When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
Mic 3:4 – Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
Rom 2:1 – Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
2 Cor 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Gal 6:7 – Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
Gal 6:8 – For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Eph 6:8 – knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
Col 3:25 – For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
2 Tim 4:14 – Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
1 Pet 1:17 – And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
Rev 18:6 – Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
Rev 20:12 – And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Rev 20:13 – And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
Rev 22:12 – "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
Does not show prejudice
Ex 23:2 – You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
Ex 23:3 – nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Lev 19:15 – "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Deut 1:17 – You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'
Deut 16:19 – You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
1 Sam 16:7 – But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
2 Chr 19:7 – Now then, let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the LORD our God, or partiality or taking bribes."
Job 13:10 – He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
Job 34:19 – who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Mal 2:9 – and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction."
Mt 5:45 – so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mt 22:16 – And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
Mk 12:14 – And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?"
Lk 20:21 – So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
Jn 7:24 – Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Jn 8:15 – You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
Acts 10:34 – So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
Acts 24:15 – having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Rom 2:11 – For God shows no partiality.
Gal 2:6 – And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)–those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
Eph 6:9 – Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Col 3:25 – For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Col 4:1 – Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
1 Tim 5:21 – In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
Jas 2:1 – My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
Jas 2:9 – But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Jas 3:17 – But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
1 Pet 1:17 – And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
Messages are proclaimed to all
1 Sam 3:11 – Then the LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
2 Kgs 21:12 – therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
Ps 98:2 – The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Isa 45:8 – "Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.
Isa 45:19 – I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Isa 48:16 – Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.
Jer 19:3 – You shall say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
Mt 11:15 – He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mt 13:9 – He who has ears, let him hear."
Mt 13:43 – Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Mk 4:9 – And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mk 4:23 – If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mk 7:16 – See Footnote
Lk 8:8 – And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Lk 14:35 – It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Rev 2:7 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'
Rev 2:11 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.'
Rev 2:17 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'
1 Tim 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Rev 2:29 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Rev 3:6 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Rev 3:13 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Rev 3:22 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
Rev 13:9 – If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
Eternal existence
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Ps 55:22 – Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Ps 111:3 – Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:3 – Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Ps 112:6 – For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
Ps 112:9 – He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Ps 119:142 – Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
Ps 119:144 – Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Qoph
Ps 119:160 – The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Sin and Shin
Isa 9:7 – Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isa 32:17 – And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
Isa 45:21 – Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
Isa 51:6 – Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
Isa 51:8 – For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Dan 9:24 – "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Mt 25:46 – And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Rom 5:21 – so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Thess 1:9 – They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Tit 3:7 – so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Absolute authority
Job 34:17 – Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
Job 34:33 – Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.
Job 40:8 – Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Dan 9:14 – Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Rom 3:4 – By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged."
Rom 3:5 – But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
God’s actions in exercising righteousness
Burns
Gen 19:24 – Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
Ex 9:23 – Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Ex 9:24 – There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Lev 20:14 – If a man takes a woman and her mother also, it is depravity; he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may be no depravity among you.
Lev 21:9 – And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
Num 11:1 – And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.
Num 11:3 – So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them.
Num 21:28 – For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon.
Num 26:10 – and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.
Num 31:10 – All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire,
Deut 29:23 – the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath–
Num 31:10 – All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire,
Deut 4:11 – And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
Deut 4:12 – Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
Deut 4:15 – "Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
Deut 4:24 – For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deut 4:36 – Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deut 5:23 – And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.
Deut 7:5 – But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and burn their carved images with fire.
Deut 7:25 – The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Deut 9:15 – So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
Deut 9:21 – Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
Deut 12:3 – You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and burn their Asherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.
Deut 12:31 – You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way, for every abominable thing that the LORD hates they have done for their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
Deut 13:16 – You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
Deut 32:22 – For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Josh 6:24 – And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Josh 7:15 – And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done an outrageous thing in Israel.'"
2 Sam 22:9 – Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
2 Sam 22:13 – Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
2 Chr 34:5 – He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Ps 11:6 – Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Ps 18:8 – Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Ps 21:9 – You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
Ps 46:9 – He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
Ps 50:3 – Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
Ps 78:21 – Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel,
Ps 80:16 – They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
Ps 97:3 – Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around.
Ps 105:32 – He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
Ps 106:18 – Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Isa 1:7 – Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
Isa 1:31 – And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.
Isa 4:3 – And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,
Isa 4:5 – Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
Isa 9:19 – Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another.
Isa 10:16 – Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
Isa 10:17 – The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
Isa 24:6 – Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
Isa 26:11 – O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
Isa 27:4 – I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.
Isa 29:6 – you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Isa 30:27 – Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
Isa 30:30 – And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
Isa 30:33 – For a burning place has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
Isa 33:12 – And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
Isa 33:14 – The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?"
Isa 37:19 – and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
Isa 34:9 – And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch.
Isa 42:25 – So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
Isa 47:14 – Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
Isa 64:11 – Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
Isa 66:15 – "For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isa 66:16 – For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.
Isa 66:24 – "And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
Jer 2:15 – The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
Jer 4:4 – Circumcise yourselves to the LORD; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds."
Jer 5:14 – Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
Jer 7:20 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched."
Jer 9:10 – "I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
Jer 9:12 – Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
Jer 11:16 – The LORD once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Jer 15:14 – I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever."
Jer 17:4 – You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever."
Jer 17:27 – But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'"
Jer 21:10 – For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'
Jer 21:12 – O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"
Jer 21:14 – I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."
Jer 22:7 – I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire.
Jer 21:14 – I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."
Jer 32:29 – The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jer 34:2 – "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jer 34:22 – Behold, I will command, declares the LORD, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant."
Jer 43:12 – I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace.
Jer 43:13 – He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.'"
Jer 44:6 – Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.
Jer 46:19 – Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
Jer 48:45 – "In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength, for fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult.
Jer 49:2 – Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will cause the battle cry to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it shall become a desolate mound, and its villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the LORD.
Jer 49:27 – And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."
Jer 50:32 – The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.
Jer 51:25 – "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the LORD, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.
Jer 51:58 – "Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."
Lam 2:3 – He has cut down in fierce anger all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around.
Lam 2:4 – He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.
Lam 4:11 – The LORD gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger, and he kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations.
Ezek 5:2 – A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
Ezek 5:4 – And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
Ezek 15:6 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezek 15:7 – And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Ezek 16:41 – And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more.
Ezek 19:12 – But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off and withered. As for its strong stem, fire consumed it.
Ezek 19:14 – And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots, has consumed its fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.
Ezek 20:48 – All flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched."
Ezek 21:31 – And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
Ezek 22:20 – As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
Ezek 22:21 – I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
Ezek 22:31 – Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezek 23:25 – And I will direct my jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
Ezek 23:47 – And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
Ezek 28:18 – By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you.
Ezek 30:8 – Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
Ezek 30:14 – I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
Ezek 30:16 – And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
Ezek 36:5 – therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.
Ezek 38:19 – For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
Ezek 38:22 – With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.
Ezek 39:6 – I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Dan 7:9 – 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.
Dan 7:10 – A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.
Dan 7:11 – I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.
Dan 11:33 – And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
Hos 8:14 – For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
Joel 2:30 – "And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Amos 1:4 – So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
Amos 1:7 – So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
Amos 1:10 – So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds."
Amos 1:12 – So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."
Amos 1:14 – So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
Amos 2:2 – So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
Amos 2:5 – So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
Amos 4:11 – "I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me," declares the LORD.
Amos 5:6 – Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
Amos 7:4 – This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
Obad 1:18 – The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken.
Mic 1:4 – And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Mic 1:7 – All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay waste, for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
Nah 2:13 – Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.
Nah 3:13 – Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
Nah 3:15 – There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!
Hab 2:13 – Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?
Zeph 1:18 – Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Zeph 3:8 – "Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
Zech 3:2 – And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?"
Zech 9:4 – But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire.
Zech 13:9 – And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Mal 3:2 – But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
Mal 4:1 – "For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Mt 3:10 – Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mt 3:11 – "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Mt 3:12 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Mt 5:22 – But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
Mt 7:19 – Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mt 13:30 – Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
Mt 13:40 – Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.
Mt 13:42 – and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mt 13:50 – and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mt 18:8 – And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
Mt 18:9 – And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Mt 25:41 – "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Mk 9:43 – And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Mk 9:48 – 'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Mk 9:49 – For everyone will be salted with fire.
Lk 3:9 – Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
Lk 3:16 – John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Lk 3:17 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Lk 17:29 – but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all–
Jn 15:6 – If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Acts 7:30 – "Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
1 Cor 3:13 – each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
1 Cor 3:15 – If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
Heb 6:8 – But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
Heb 10:27 – but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Heb 12:18 – For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
Heb 12:29 – for our God is a consuming fire.
2 Pet 3:7 – But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
2 Pet 3:12 – waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:23 – save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
Rev 1:14 – The hairs of his head were white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,
Rev 1:15 – his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
Rev 2:18 – "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
Rev 4:5 – From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,
Rev 8:7 – The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Rev 8:8 – The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
Rev 8:10 – The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Rev 9:17 – And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.
Rev 9:18 – By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
Rev 10:1 – Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
Rev 14:10 – he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
Rev 17:16 – And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,
Rev 18:8 – For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her."
Rev 18:9 – And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Rev 18:18 – and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, "What city was like the great city?"
Rev 19:12 – His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
Rev 19:20 – And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Rev 20:9 – And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
Rev 20:10 – and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Rev 20:14 – Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Rev 20:15 – And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:8 – But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Punishes
Gen 15:14 – But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
Lev 26:18 – And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
Lev 26:28 – then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I myself will discipline you sevenfold for your sins.
Lev 26:41 – so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies–if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
Lev 26:43 – But the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Deut 4:36 – Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deut 8:5 – Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.
Deut 22:18 – Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip him,
Deut 28:20 – "The LORD will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.
1 Sam 3:13 – And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.
1 Chr 13:11 – And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
1 Chr 15:13 – Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule."
2 Chr 24:24 – Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.
Ezra 9:13 – And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,
Job 13:26 – For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job 31:11 – For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
Job 31:28 – this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
Ps 2:10 – Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Ps 6:1 – O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
Ps 38:1 – O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
Ps 39:11 – When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
Ps 59:5 – You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
Ps 89:32 – then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
Ps 92:11 – My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
Ps 94:10 – He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge–
Ps 94:12 – Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,
Ps 110:6 – He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
Ps 118:18 – The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
Ps 119:126 – It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken.
Ps 149:7 – to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
Prov 1:23 – If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Prov 1:25 – because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
Prov 1:30 – would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
Prov 3:11 – My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
Isa 8:11 – For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
Isa 13:11 – I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
Isa 24:21 – On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
Isa 26:14 – They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end you have visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
Isa 26:16 – O LORD, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
Isa 26:21 – For behold, the LORD is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
Isa 27:1 – In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isa 28:26 – For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.
Isa 30:30 – And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
Isa 40:2 – Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Isa 66:15 – "For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jer 2:19 – Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
Jer 6:8 – Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."
Jer 9:25 – "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh–
Jer 10:24 – Correct me, O LORD, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Jer 11:22 – therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,
Jer 18:11 – Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the LORD, behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.'
Jer 21:14 – I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."
Jer 23:34 – And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, 'The burden of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.
Jer 25:12 – Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
Jer 25:29 – For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of hosts.'
Jer 27:8 – "'"But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the LORD, until I have consumed it by his hand.
Jer 29:32 – therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the LORD, for he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.'"
Jer 30:11 – For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Jer 30:20 – Their children shall be as they were of old, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all who oppress them.
Jer 31:18 – I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God.
Jer 36:31 – And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.'"
Jer 44:13 – I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,
Jer 44:29 – This shall be the sign to you, declares the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm:
Jer 46:25 – The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
Jer 46:28 – Fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished."
Jer 49:12 – For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.
Jer 50:18 – Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
Jer 51:44 – And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.
Jer 51:47 – "Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jer 51:52 – "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Ezek 5:15 – You shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations all around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious rebukes–I am the LORD, I have spoken–
Ezek 7:3 – Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezek 7:4 – And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 7:8 – Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
Ezek 7:9 – And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.
Ezek 17:20 – I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me.
Ezek 20:35 – And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
Ezek 20:36 – As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 21:30 – Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
Ezek 22:14 – Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
Ezek 23:48 – Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.
Ezek 25:17 – I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."
Ezek 30:3 – For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
Ezek 36:19 – I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.
Ezek 38:22 – With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.
Hos 4:9 – And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Hos 5:9 – Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
Hos 7:12 – As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.
Hos 7:15 – Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
Hos 8:10 – Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.
Hos 9:7 – The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Hos 9:16 – Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will put their beloved children to death.
Hos 10:10 – When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity.
Hos 12:2 – The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
Amos 1:3 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
Amos 1:6 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
Amos 1:9 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
Amos 1:11 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.
Amos 1:13 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
Amos 2:1 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
Amos 2:4 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.
Amos 2:6 – Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals–
Amos 7:4 – This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
Obad 1:15 – For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.
Mic 4:6 – In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted;
Mic 6:9 – The voice of the LORD cries to the city–and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
Hab 1:12 – Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
Zeph 1:8 – And on the day of the LORD's sacrifice–"I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire.
Zeph 1:9 – On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud.
Zeph 1:12 – At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will he do ill.'
Zeph 3:19 – Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
Zech 2:8 – For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
Zech 10:3 – "My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
Zech 14:19 – This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
Mt 23:14 – See Footnote
Mt 23:33 – You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Mk 12:40 – who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
Lk 20:47 – who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
Acts 7:7 – 'But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'
Acts 12:23 – Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
Rom 13:2 – Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
Rom 13:4 – for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
1 Cor 11:32 – But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
2 Pet 2:9 – then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
Jude 1:7 – just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Rev 17:1 – Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
Rev 22:12 – "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
Cuts off
Gen 9:11 – I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
Gen 17:14 – Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
Gen 41:36 – That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."
Ex 12:15 – Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
Ex 12:19 – For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.
Ex 30:33 – Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"
Ex 30:38 – Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."
Ex 31:14 – You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Lev 7:20 – but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD's peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.
Lev 7:21 – And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the LORD's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people."
Lev 7:25 – For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the LORD shall be cut off from his people.
Lev 7:27 – Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."
Lev 17:4 – and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the LORD in front of the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
Lev 17:9 – and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people.
Lev 17:10 – "If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
Lev 17:14 – For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
Lev 18:29 – For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.
Lev 19:8 – and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
Lev 20:3 – I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.
Lev 20:5 – then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.
Lev 20:6 – "If a person turns to mediums and wizards, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
Lev 20:17 – "If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
Lev 20:18 – If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual period and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
Lev 22:3 – Say to them, 'If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Lev 23:29 – For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people.
Lev 26:22 – And I will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that your roads shall be deserted.
Lev 26:30 – And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
Num 9:13 – But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the LORD's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
Num 15:30 – But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Num 15:31 – Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him."
Num 19:13 – Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.
Num 19:20 – "If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean.
1 Sam 2:33 – The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.
1 Kgs 9:7 – then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
1 Kgs 14:10 – therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.
1 Kgs 14:14 – Moreover, the LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today. And henceforth,
1 Kgs 21:21 – Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
2 Kgs 9:8 – For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
2 Chr 22:7 – But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Ps 12:3 – May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
Ps 34:16 – The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Ps 37:9 – For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
Ps 37:22 – for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.
Ps 37:28 – For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 37:34 – Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
Ps 37:38 – But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 54:5 – He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.
Ps 73:27 – For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
Ps 88:16 – Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
Ps 94:23 – He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.
Ps 109:15 – Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
Ps 143:12 – And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
Prov 2:22 – but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Isa 11:13 – The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Isa 14:22 – "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity," says the LORD.
Isa 18:5 – For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
Isa 22:25 – In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."
Isa 29:20 – For the ruthless shall come to nothing and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
Isa 48:9 – "For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
Isa 48:19 – your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."
Isa 55:13 – Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
Isa 56:5 – I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
Jer 44:7 – And now thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?
Jer 44:8 – Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?
Jer 44:11 – "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.
Jer 46:23 – They shall cut down her forest, declares the LORD, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.
Jer 47:4 – because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
Jer 50:16 – Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
Jer 51:62 – and say, 'O LORD, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.'
Ezek 14:8 – And I will set my face against that man; I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 14:13 – "Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
Ezek 14:17 – "Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast,
Ezek 14:19 – "Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast,
Ezek 14:21 – "For thus says the Lord GOD: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
Ezek 21:3 – and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.
Ezek 21:4 – Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.
Ezek 25:7 – therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 25:13 – therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
Ezek 25:16 – therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.
Ezek 29:8 – Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast,
Ezek 30:15 – And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
Ezek 31:12 – Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.
Ezek 35:7 – I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
Dan 9:26 – And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Hos 8:4 – They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
Joel 1:5 – Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:9 – The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, the ministers of the LORD.
Joel 1:16 – Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Amos 1:5 – I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the LORD.
Amos 1:8 – I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish," says the Lord GOD.
Amos 2:3 – I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says the LORD.
Obad 1:9 – And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
Obad 1:10 – Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
Mic 5:9 – Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
Mic 5:10 – And in that day, declares the LORD, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;
Mic 5:11 – and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
Mic 5:12 – and I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
Mic 5:13 – and I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;
Nah 1:14 – The LORD has given commandment about you: "No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the metal image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."
Nah 1:15 – Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Nah 2:13 – Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.
Nah 3:15 – There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!
Zeph 1:3 – "I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the LORD.
Zeph 1:4 – "I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
Zeph 1:11 – Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off.
Zeph 3:6 – "I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
Zeph 3:7 – I said, 'Surely you will fear me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut off according to all that I have appointed against you.' But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt.
Zech 9:6 – a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
Zech 9:10 – I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Zech 11:10 – And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
Zech 13:2 – "And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
Zech 13:8 – In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
Zech 14:2 – For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Mal 2:12 – May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob, any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts!
Jn 15:2 – Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Requires
Gen 9:5 – And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
Ex 20:5 – You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Ex 32:34 – But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."
Ex 34:7 – keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
Lev 18:25 – and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
Num 14:18 – 'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'
Deut 5:9 – You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Deut 18:19 – And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
Deut 23:21 – "If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Ps 9:12 – For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Ps 55:19 – God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.
Isa 10:3 – What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
Isa 24:22 – They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
Isa 29:6 – you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Jer 5:9 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
Jer 5:29 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?"
Jer 6:15 – Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown," says the LORD.
Jer 8:12 – Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.
Jer 9:9 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
Jer 11:23 – and none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."
Jer 14:10 – Thus says the LORD concerning this people: "They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins."
Jer 23:2 – Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.
Jer 23:12 – Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
Jer 46:21 – Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
Jer 48:44 – He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring these things upon Moab, the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
Jer 49:8 – Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.
Jer 50:27 – Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Jer 50:31 – "Behold, I am against you, O proud one, declares the Lord GOD of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
Jer 51:18 – They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Lam 4:22 – The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins.
Ezek 3:18 – If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 3:20 – Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 33:6 – But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
Ezek 33:8 – If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezek 34:10 – Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
Hos 1:4 – And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hos 2:13 – And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the LORD.
Hos 8:13 – As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hos 9:7 – The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Hos 9:9 – They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
Amos 3:2 – "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Amos 3:14 – "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
Obad 1:15 – For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.
Mic 5:15 – And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
Mic 7:4 – The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
Rev 19:2 – for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
Measures
2 Kgs 21:13 – And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Ps 60:6 – God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
Ps 108:7 – God has promised in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
Isa 28:17 – And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
Isa 40:12 – Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
Ezek 40:5 – And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Ezek 40:6 – Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep.
Ezek 40:8 – Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed.
Ezek 40:9 – Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.
Ezek 40:11 – Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
Ezek 40:13 – Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other.
Ezek 40:19 – Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.
Ezek 40:20 – As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.
Ezek 40:23 – And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
Ezek 40:24 – And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.
Ezek 40:27 – And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.
Ezek 40:28 – Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others.
Ezek 40:32 – Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others.
Ezek 40:35 – Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it. It had the same size as the others.
Ezek 40:47 – And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
Ezek 40:48 – Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side.
Ezek 41:1 – Then he brought me to the nave and measured the jambs. On each side six cubits was the breadth of the jambs.
Ezek 41:2 – And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.
Ezek 41:3 – Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side of the entrance, seven cubits.
Ezek 41:4 – And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."
Ezek 41:5 – Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
Ezek 41:13 – Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
Ezek 41:15 – Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,
Ezek 42:15 – Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around.
Ezek 42:16 – He measured the east side with the measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
Ezek 42:17 – He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
Ezek 42:18 – He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed.
Ezek 42:19 – Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed.
Ezek 42:20 – He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, 500 cubits long and 500 cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common.
Ezek 43:10 – "As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan.
Ezek 45:3 – And from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
Ezek 47:3 – Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.
Ezek 47:4 – Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep.
Ezek 47:5 – Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Hab 3:6 – He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.
Zech 2:2 – Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
Mt 7:2 – For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Mk 4:24 – And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
Lk 6:38 – give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."
2 Cor 10:12 – Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
Rev 11:1 – Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
Rev 11:2 – but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
Rev 21:15 – And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.
Rev 21:16 – The city lies foursquare; its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal.
Rev 21:17 – He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement.
Avenges
Lev 26:25 – And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Num 31:2 – "Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
Num 31:3 – So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.
Deut 32:41 – if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.
Judg 11:36 – And she said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."
2 Sam 18:31 – And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "Good news for my lord the king! For the LORD has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you."
2 Sam 22:27 – with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Est 8:13 – A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
Ps 54:5 – He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.
Ps 149:7 – to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
Isa 1:24 – Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
Isa 34:8 – For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isa 35:4 – Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."
Isa 47:3 – Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.
Isa 59:17 – He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
Isa 59:18 – According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
Isa 61:2 – to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
Isa 63:4 – For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
Isa 66:6 – "The sound of an uproar from the city! A sound from the temple! The sound of the LORD, rendering recompense to his enemies!
Jer 5:9 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
Jer 5:29 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?"
Jer 9:9 – Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
Jer 11:20 – But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
Jer 15:15 – O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.
Jer 20:12 – O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
Jer 46:10 – That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jer 50:15 – Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
Jer 50:15 – Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
Jer 50:28 – "A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, vengeance for his temple.
Jer 50:29 – "Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Jer 51:6 – "Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
Jer 51:11 – "Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.
Jer 51:24 – "I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the LORD.
Jer 51:36 – Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,
Ezek 25:14 – And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 25:17 – I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."
Joel 3:4 – "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
Joel 3:21 – I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion."
Mic 5:15 – And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
Nah 1:2 – The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
Rewards
1 Sam 2:10 – The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed."
2 Sam 22:21 – "The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
2 Sam 22:25 – And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
2 Sam 22:26 – "With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
2 Sam 22:27 – with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
1 Sam 26:23 – The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
1 Kgs 8:32 – then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chr 6:23 – then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
Neh 9:8 – You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
Job 34:11 – For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
Job 36:31 – For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
Ps 5:12 – For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 18:20 – The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Ps 18:24 – So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Ps 18:25 – With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
Ps 18:26 – with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Ps 24:5 – He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Ps 25:10 – All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 58:11 – Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."
Ps 59:10 – My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
Ps 62:12 – and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Ps 72:1 – Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
Ps 73:1 – Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Ps 99:8 – O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
Ps 103:17 – But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
Prov 3:33 – The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Prov 19:17 – Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
Isa 54:17 – no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
Isa 61:3 – to grant to those who mourn in Zion–to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Jer 17:10 – "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Joel 2:23 – "Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
Mt 6:1 – "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Mt 6:4 – so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 6:6 – But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 6:18 – that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mt 6:33 – But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Mt 10:41 – The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
Lk 14:14 – and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
Rom 5:17 – If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 9:10 – He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Tim 4:8 – Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Overturns
Gen 19:29 – So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
Deut 29:23 – the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath–
Job 34:25 – Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
Ps 147:6 – The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.
Isa 3:8 – For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.
Isa 1:7 – Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
Isa 13:19 – And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
Isa 21:9 – And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."
Isa 24:20 – The earth staggers like a drunken man; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
Isa 25:12 – And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
Isa 30:13 – therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
Jer 20:16 – Let that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon,
Jer 49:18 – As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.
Jer 50:15 – Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done.
Jer 50:40 – As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the LORD, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
Jer 51:8 – Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
Jer 51:44 – And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.
Jer 51:58 – "Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."
Lam 2:2 – The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.
Lam 2:17 – The LORD has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the might of your foes.
Lam 4:6 – For the chastisement of the daughter of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands were wrung for her.
Ezek 13:14 – And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 21:27 – A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.
Ezek 26:15 – "Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?
Ezek 26:18 – Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are on the sea are dismayed at your passing.'
Ezek 30:6 – "Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezek 38:20 – The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.
Hos 4:14 – I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Amos 4:11 – "I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me," declares the LORD.
Hag 2:22 – and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Zech 11:2 – Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!
2 Pet 2:6 – if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
Rev 14:8 – Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Rev 17:10 – they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.
Rev 18:2 – And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Rev 18:3 – For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living."
Forsakes
Deut 31:17 – Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?'
1 Chr 28:9 – "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
2 Chr 15:2 – and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chr 24:20 – Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.'"
2 Chr 30:7 – Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.
Neh 9:28 – But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies.
Ps 53:5 – There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
Ps 78:60 – He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
Ps 89:38 – But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Isa 2:6 – For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Isa 54:7 – For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
Jer 2:37 – From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
Jer 31:37 – Thus says the LORD: "If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the LORD."
Jer 5:19 – And when your people say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.'"
Jer 7:29 – "'Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'
Lam 2:7 – The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they raised a clamor in the house of the LORD as on the day of festival.
Hos 8:5 – I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Hos 9:17 – My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Mt 13:48 – When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
1 Cor 9:27 – But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Tit 3:10 – As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,
Heb 6:8 – But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
Winnows
Lev 26:33 – And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
1 Kgs 14:15 – the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.
Ps 44:11 – You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
Ps 106:27 – and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.
Ps 139:3 – You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
Isa 30:28 – his breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches up to the neck; to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.
Isa 41:16 – you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
Jer 15:7 – I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.
Jer 31:10 – "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.'
Jer 49:32 – Their camels shall become plunder, their herds of livestock a spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, declares the LORD.
Jer 49:36 – And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come.
Jer 51:2 – and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
Ezek 5:2 – A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
Ezek 5:10 – Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.
Ezek 5:12 – A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
Ezek 6:5 – And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Ezek 6:8 – "Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,
Ezek 12:14 – And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
Ezek 12:15 – And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.
Ezek 20:23 – Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
Ezek 22:15 – I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
Ezek 29:12 – And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
Ezek 30:23 – I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
Ezek 30:26 – And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Ezek 36:19 – I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.
Amos 9:9 – "For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
Zech 1:19 – And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" And he said to me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
Zech 1:21 – And I said, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it."
Mt 3:12 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Lk 3:17 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Harvests
Isa 18:4 – For thus the LORD said to me: "I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
Isa 18:5 – For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
Jer 51:33 – For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come."
Hos 2:9 – Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness.
Hos 6:11 – For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
Hos 8:7 – For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
Hos 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hos 10:13 – You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,
Mt 3:12 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Mt 13:30 – Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
Mt 13:39 – and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Mt 21:34 – When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.
Mk 4:29 – But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
Lk 3:17 – His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Jn 4:35 – Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.
Gal 6:7 – Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
Gal 6:8 – For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Gal 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Rev 14:15 – And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."
Rev 14:16 – So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Rev 14:18 – And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."
Rev 14:19 – So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Ensnares
Ps 11:6 – Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Isa 8:14 – And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isa 8:15 – And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken."
Isa 24:17 – Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
Isa 24:18 – He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Jer 48:43 – Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the LORD.
Jer 48:44 – He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring these things upon Moab, the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
Jer 50:24 – I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you opposed the LORD.
Ezek 12:13 – And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.
Ezek 17:20 – I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me.
Ezek 32:3 – Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
Hos 7:12 – As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.
Counts
Rom 2:26 – So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Rom 4:3 – For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:4 – Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
Rom 4:5 – And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Rom 4:6 – just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
Rom 4:8 – blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin."
Rom 4:9 – Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Rom 4:10 – How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.
Rom 4:11 – He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Rom 4:22 – That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:23 – But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,
Rom 4:24 – but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
Rom 9:8 – This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
2 Cor 3:5 – Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,
2 Cor 5:19 – that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Gal 3:6 – just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
Jas 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"–and he was called a friend of God.
Numbers
Job 14:16 – For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
Job 31:4 – Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
Ps 147:4 – He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
Isa 13:4 – The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
Isa 65:12 – I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in."
Ezek 4:4 – "Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment.
Ezek 4:5 – For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment. So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.
Dan 5:26 – This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
Rev 6:11 – Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Rev 7:4 – And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
Rev 7:9 – After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Rev 9:16 – The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
Rev 13:18 – This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Settles accounts
Mt 18:23-35
Mt 20:1-16
Mt 21:33-41
Mt 24:45-51
Mt 25:14-30
Mk 11:34-36
Lk 12:42-48
Lk 16:1-9
Phil 4:15-17
Heb 13:17
1 Pet 4:4-5
Removes
Rev 2:5 – Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Takes away
Rev 22:19 – and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
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