'To the Lord' in the Bible

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

He will turn many of the sons of Israelto the Lord their God.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord)

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—crowds of both men and women.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

“Please pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

So all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.

As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.”

When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, yet he thanks God.

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

But anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.

discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.

speaking to one anotherin psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,singing and making musicfrom your heart to the Lord,

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men,