83 Bible Verses about God, Activity Of

But, he, answered them - My Father, until even now, is working; and, I, am working.

GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent, - Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?

When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done.

Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.

Even from To-day, I, am He, And none, out of my hand, can deliver, - I work and who reverseth?

So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh, - as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.

And he said: If thou, wilt indeed hearken, to the voice of Yahweh thy God, And the thing that is right in his eyes, thou wilt do, And so give ear to his commandments, And keep all his statutes, None of the sicknesses which I laid on the Egyptians, will I lay upon thee, For, I, am Yahweh, thy physician.

And Moses built an altar, - and called the name thereof, Yahweh-nissi.

Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;

For, as the rain and the snow descend from the heavens. And thither, do not return, Except they have watered the earth. And caused it to bring forth and bud, - And given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, So, shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, It shall not return unto me void, - But shall accomplish that which I please, And shall prosper in that whereunto I have sent it.

And God said - Light, be, And light was.

Then said he unto me, Prophesy, over these bones, - and thou shalt say unto them, Ye bones so dry! hear ye the word of Yahweh!

Thou, art Yahweh, thou alone, Thou, didst make the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is thereon, the seas and all that is therein, and, thou, holdest them all in life, - and, the host of the heavens, unto thee, are bowing down.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made.

This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him: Male and female, created he them, - and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.

Of old - the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens;

For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!

The God that made the world and all things that are therein, the same, being, Lord, of heaven and earth, not in hand-made shrines, doth dwell,

Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, and were created.

Yahweh, in the heavens, hath established his throne, And, his kingdom, over all, hath dominion.

Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along; They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst. Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice.read more.
Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth. Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth; And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, - And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain. Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house;

He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground, A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein. He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;

And, about clothing, why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow, - they toil not neither do they spin; And yet, I say unto you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like, one of these! Now, if the grass of the field - which to-day, is, and, to-morrow, into an oven, is cast - God thus adorneth, not much rather, you, little of faith?

Although, not without witness, he left himself, doing good, from heaven, upon you, giving rain and fruitful seasons, filling, with food and gladness, your hearts.

In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will,

Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities, - they all, through him and for him, have been created, And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

By the breath of GOD, is given - frost, and, the breadth of waters, is congealed;

Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? And, the treasuries of the hail, couldst thou see? Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war? Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth.read more.
Who hath cloven - for the torrent - a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders; To give rain over the no-man's land, the desert, where no son of earth is; To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass? Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb, came forth the ice? And, the hoar-frost of the heavens, who hath given it birth? Like a stone, are the waters congealed, and, the face of the roaring deep, becometh firm!

And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:

That ye may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because, his sun, he maketh arise on evil and good, and sendeth rain, on just and unjust.

Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose? Canst thou bring forth the signs of the Zodiac each in its season? Or, the Bear and her Young, canst thou lead? Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?

He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.

Counting the number of the stars, To all of them - names, he giveth.

Lift on high your eyes - and see who hath created these, That bringeth forth, by number, their host, - To all of them by name, doth call, Because of the abundance of vigour and alertness of strength, not one, is missing!

Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights - with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:

Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe? Canst thou count the months they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they give birth? They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;read more.
Their young become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go out, and return not unto them. Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed? Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt: He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not; He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search. Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib? Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that - with the ridge - shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee? Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil? Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather? The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage? For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed; And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, - or, the wild beast, tread on them! Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread. For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding. What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider. Couldst thou give - to the Horse - strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane? Couldst thou cause him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his snort, is a terror! He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour; He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword; Against him, whiz the arrows of the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin; With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground, - he will not stand still when the horn soundeth; As oft as the horn soundeth, he saith, Aha! And, from afar, he scenteth the battle, - the thunder of commanders and the war-cry. Is it, by thine understanding, that the Bird of Passage betaketh him to his pinions? spreadeth out his wings to the south? Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest? The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort; From thence, he searcheth out food, far away, his eyes do pierce; And, his young brood, suck up blood, and, where the slain are, there, is he.

Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass - like the ox, he eateth; Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly; He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together;read more.
His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron: He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword: Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play; Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp; The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about; Lo! the river becometh insolent - he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth: Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?

Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue? Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw? Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?read more.
Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant? Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens? Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders? Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head? Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle - no more! Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed? None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand? Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!

Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest; The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food. The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down.read more.
Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening. How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them - in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession: - This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, - Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great; There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein; All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season;

Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.

Are not, two sparrows, for a farthing, sold? And, one from among them, shall not fall upon the ground, without your Father;

Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.

Therefore say thou to the sons of Israel-I, am Yahweh, Therefore will I bring you forth from under the burdens of Egypt, And will deliver you out of their service, And will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments; And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God, - And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt: And I will bring you into the land as to which I uplifted my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, - and will give it to you as an inheritance: I, am Yahweh.

And Yahweh said unto Abram: Come thou on thy way, Out of thy land and out of the place of thy birth and out of the house of thy father, - Unto the land that I will show thee; That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing; That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse, - So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.

And when Moses, had gone up unto God, then called Yahweh unto him out of the mountain saying, Thus, shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, And tell the sons of Israel: Ye, have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, - And how I bare you upon wings of eagles, And brought you in unto myself: - Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;read more.
But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

For ask, I pray you, of the former days which were before thee, even from the day when God created man upon the earth, yea from one end of the heavens even to the other end of the heavens, - whether aught was ever brought to pass, like this great thing, or was ever heard of like it: Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live? Or did a god ever make trial of entering in to take unto him a nation out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, - according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Look well unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah who gave you birth, - For he was, alone, when called I him, And, I blessed him that I might make him, many.

And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, thrusting about thee in thy blood, And said to thee - Despite thy blood, ye! Yea I said to thee - Despite thy blood, live! Into myriads - like the bud of the field, made I thee, And thou didst increase and become well grown, and didst attain to most excellent adornments, - Thy breasts were well-formed And thy hair was grown, But thou thyself wast utterly naked.

When Israel was, a child, then I loved him, - and, out of Egypt, called I my son. They invited them, - at once, they departed from before me, they, to the Baals, sacrificed, and, to the images, offered incense. Yet, I, had taught Ephraim to walk, I used to take them upon mine arms, - But they acknowledged not that I had healed them.read more.
With human cords, used I to draw them, with the bands of love, so became I unto them like those who remove the yoke that was on their jaws, - and, holding out food to him, I let him eat.

Is there not, one Father, to us all? Did not, one GOD, create us? Wherefore should we deal treacherously one with another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise?

Whereby, indeed, shall it be known then that I have found favour in thine eyes, I, and thy people? Shall it not be, by thy going on with us? So shall we be more distinguished, I, and thy people, than any people that are on the face of the ground. Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Even this thing, which thou hast spoken, will I do - For thou hast found favour in mine eyes, And I have acknowledged thee by name.

Wheresoever I have wandered with any of the sons of Israel, spake I ever, a word, with any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I charged to shepherd my people Israel, saying, - Wherefore have ye not built me a house, of cedar? Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock, - to become leader over my people, over Israel; and was with thee, whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee, - and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth;read more.
and will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, and they shall inhabit their place, and be unsettled no more, - neither shall the sons of perversity again humiliate them, as at first; even from the day when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, thus will I give thee rest from all thine enemies. And Yahweh must tell thee that, a house, will Yahweh make for thee.

And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the gift, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! To-day, let it be known - That, thou, art God in Israel, and that, I, am thy servant, - and that, by thy word, have I done all these things. Answer me, O Yahweh! answer me, That this people may know, that, thou - Yahweh, art GOD, - so shalt, thou thyself, have turned their heart back again. Then fell fire from Yahweh, and consumed the ascending-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, - even the water that was in the trench, it licked up.

Yahweh, is strength to his people, - And, the all-saving refuge of his Anointed One, is he! Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; And, out of the lands, hath gathered them - From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

Thus Israel let himself be bound unto Baal-peor, and the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel. And Yahweh said unto Moses - Take all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh. in the face of the sun, - that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.

If one man sin against another, God will interpose, but, if, against Yahweh, a man sin, who will intercede, for him? But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for Yahweh was pleased to put them to death.

Even now, stand still and see this great thing, - which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes: Is it not wheat harvest, to-day? I will cry unto Yahweh, that he may give forth thunderings and rain, - know ye then and see, that, your wrong, is great which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves, a king. So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day, - and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel.

And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh, - and Yahweh said - It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned, towards morning, to its steady flow, when the Egyptians, were fleeing to meet it, - thus Yahweh shook off the Egyptians into the midst of the sea; thus the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh that were entering after them into the sea, - there was not left remaining among them so much as one.

Then came in Amalek, - and fought with Israel, in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua - Choose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek, - to-morrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek, - and Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the top of the hill.read more.
And it shall be when Moses shall lift on high his hands, then shall Israel prevail, but when he shall let down his hands, then shall Amalek prevail. But, the hands of Moses, were weary, so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat thereupon, - and, Aaron and Hur, upheld his hands - on this side, one and on that side, one, and so his hands became steady, until the going in of the sun. So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword. Then said Yahweh unto Moses - Write this as a remembrancer in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Jeshua - that I will, wipe out, the remembrance of Amalek, from under the heavens. And Moses built an altar, - and called the name thereof, Yahweh-nissi. And he said - Because of a hand against the throne of Yah, Yahweh hath war with Amalek, - from generation to generation!

And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel had entered by the way of Atharim, - so he made war with Israel, and took some of them captive. Then Israel vowed vow unto Yahweh, and said, - If thou wilt, surely deliver up, this people into my band, then will I utterly destroy their cities. And Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanite into his hand, so he utterly destroyed them, and their cities, and called the name of the place Hormah that is, Utter Destruction.

Then said Yahweh unto Joshua, See, I have delivered, into thy hand, Jericho and her king, - the mighty men of valour.

and Yahweh delivered, it also, into the hand of Israel, with the king thereof, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls that were therein, he left therein no survivor, - but did unto the king thereof, as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto him, Arise! go down against the camp, - for I have delivered it into thy hand.

and that all this gathered host may know that, not with sword and with spear, doth Yahweh save, - for, unto Yahweh, belongeth the battle, and he will deliver you into our hand.

And, when they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh had set liers-in-wait against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who were coming against Judah, and they were smitten. Then rose up the sons of Ammon and Moab against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, - and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to cut off, every man his neighbour.

Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock, - to become leader over my people, over Israel; and was with thee, whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee, - and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth;

And he sent among them prophets, to bring them back unto Yahweh, - and they testified against them, but they would not give ear.

Ever since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, until this day, Have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, Daily, betimes, sending them;

Should ye not have been doing the things which Yahweh, had proclaimed, by the hand of the former prophets, while yet Jerusalem was inhabited and in peace, with her cities round about her, - and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?

For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.

So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, - and so they left off building the city.

When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.

So then the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel, and he said - Forasmuch as this nation have transgressed my covenant, which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, I also, will no further dispossess a man from before them, - from among the nations which Joshua left remaining, when he died; that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof, - whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not.read more.
Thus then Yahweh left these nations, not dispossessing them speedily, - neither had he delivered them into the hand of Joshua

Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:

Come! view the doings of Yahweh, - Who hath set desolations in the earth; Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth, - The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war-chariots, burneth he up with fire. Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. Selah.

Who roused up one from the East, In righteousness, called him to his feet, - Set before him nations And over kings, caused him to rule, His sword, made them like dust, His bow like driven chaff:

he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,