'Deeds' in the Bible

Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.

The same judgment will happento both people and priests.I will punish them for their waysand repay them for their deeds.

Their deeds will not allow themTo return to their God.For a spirit of harlotry is within them,And they do not know the Lord.

When I would heal Israel,The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,And the evil deeds of Samaria,For they deal falsely;The thief enters in,Bandits raid outside,

And they do not consider in their heartsThat I remember all their wickedness.Now their deeds are all around them;They are before My face.

All their evil is at Gilgal;Indeed, I came to hate them there!Because of the wickedness of their deedsI will drive them out of My house!I will love them no more;All their princes are rebels.

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,And will punish Jacob according to his ways;He will repay him according to his deeds.

Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: "Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it."

The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:I will never forget all their deeds.

"Indeed, the Day of the Lord approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you your deeds will return to haunt you! so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath perpetually.

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel's rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!

Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.

Should [this] be said, O house of Jacob? Is the patience of Yahweh shortened? [Are] these his deeds? Are my words not pleasing to him who walks upright?

Then they will cry out to the Lord,But He will not answer them.Instead, He will hide His face from them at that timeBecause they have practiced evil deeds.

And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants,On account of the fruit of their deeds.

I will perform miracles for themas in the days of your exodusfrom the land of Egypt.

You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead -- he who starts a town by unjust deeds.

Lord, I have heard the report about You;Lord, I stand in awe of Your deeds.Revive Your work in these years;make it known in these years.In Your wrath remember mercy!

“I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me,Accept instruction.’So her dwelling will not be cut offAccording to all that I have appointed concerning her.But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.

“In that day you will feel no shameBecause of all your deedsBy which you have rebelled against Me;For then I will remove from your midstYour proud, exulting ones,And you will never again be haughtyOn My holy mountain.

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

“Be [very] careful not to do your good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,

And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.

therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.

Since [as is well known] many have undertaken to compile an orderly account of the things which have been fulfilled among us [by God],

“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

Yet wisdom is vindicated and shown to be right by all her children [by the lifestyle, moral character, and good deeds of her followers].”

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

And when He was now getting near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began in their joy to praise God in loud voices for all the mighty deeds they had witnessed.

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete -- the deeds I am now doing -- testify about me that the Father has sent me.

So then they said to him, "What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?"

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus *said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me.

Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me."

Thereupon a considerable number of the Jews--namely those who had come to Mary and had witnessed His deeds--became believers in Him;

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

And he stared at him and became terrified [and] said, "What is [it], Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charitable deeds have been remembered before God.

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,And whose sins have been covered.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues:

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

As it is written and forever remains written,“He [the benevolent and generous person] scattered abroad, he gave to the poor,His righteousness endures forever!”

Let such people realize that what we say by word in letters when we are absent, is the same as what we are in action when present.

So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

and has a reputation for good deeds; [she is eligible] if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints (God’s people), if she has assisted the distressed, and has devoted herself to doing good in every way.