'Receive' in the Bible
Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
The Lord's loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
If my father or my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will receive me.
The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice!
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
May you punish them for their crimes; may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
They receive what you give them; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
My eyes weep streams of waterBecause people do not keep Your law.
Qoph.I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!I will observe Your statutes.
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear,
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.
A generous person will be enriched,and the one who gives a drink of waterwill receive water.
If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.
The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.
Through insolence comes nothing but strife,But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
The one who gives to the poorwill not be in need,but one who turns his eyes awaywill receive many curses.
For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?
A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.
Just as he came naked from his mother's womb, he will leave as naked as he came; he will receive no profit from his efforts he cannot carry away even a handful.
Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,
It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.
There [is] a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also [is] vanity!"
They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land."'"
From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?
I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.
Look! All those who light a fire, who surround yourselves with flaming torches walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have set ablaze! This is what you will receive from my hand: you will lie down in torment.
Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,and He will receive the mighty as spoil,because He submitted Himself to death,and was counted among the rebels;yet He bore the sin of manyand interceded for the rebels.
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
You will be called, 'the Lord's priests, servants of our God.' You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.
Instead of your shame you will receive double, and instead of disgrace people will shout with joy over your inheritance; therefore you will inherit a double portion in their land; everlasting joy will be yours."
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction and warning; truth and faithfulness have perished and have completely vanished from their mouths.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
He will receive a donkey's burial, dragged out and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem."
And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.
ט TetZion’s gates have fallen to the ground;He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.Her king and her leaders live among the nations,instruction is no more,and even her prophets receiveno vision from the Lord.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.
"All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, then you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to get your sexual favors!
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness.
You'll receive the consequences for your obscene conduct and bear the punishment for your sins of idolatry. Then you'll know that I am the Lord GOD."
"Tell them, "As certainly as I'm alive and living,' declares the Lord GOD, "I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?'"
Therefore say to them: This is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then receive possession of the land?
You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land?
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate it [to receive offerings].
This is what the Lord God says: “This is the border you will use to divide the land as an inheritance for the 12 tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two shares.
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever, yes, forever and ever.’
"Now I, Daniel, was the only one to receive the vision the men who were with me didn't see it. However, an enormous fear overwhelmed them, so they ran away to hide,
Now when they fall they will receive a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.
Now as for you, keep on going until the end you'll rest and then rise to receive your reward at the end of the age.'"
Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations, for you are unfaithful to your God. You love to receive a prostitute's wages on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."
She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God.
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Yes, at that timeI will deal with all who afflict you.I will save the lame and gather the scattered;I will make those who were disgracedthroughout the earthreceive praise and fame.
When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Offer that to your governor would he be pleased with you or receive you favorably?" asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
"And now, go ahead and implore God by saying, "Be gracious to us.' Will he receive you favorably and accept offerings like that from your hand?" asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
You also say, ‘My, how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?” says the Lord.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,
"How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy!
For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.
"Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.
infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
'He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'
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