'Respond' in the Bible
Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her.
then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, "Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother's family line!"
I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.
Then Saul said, "O Lord God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O Lord God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim." Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated.
But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.
Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.
"May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.
He asked them, "How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, 'Lessen the demands your father placed on us'?"
The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."
But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you.
Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive.
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
He asked them, "How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, 'Lessen the demands your father placed on us'?"
He met Asa and told him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger!
I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.
After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.
then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!
By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!
that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.
If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.
All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
All of them respond to you, saying: 'You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.
They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."
The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
This is what the Lord says: "At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.
Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me."
Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."
You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
Then the Lord said to me, "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'
They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.
"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;
then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to 'God Plants' (Jezreel)!
When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the Lord's name!"
When Jesus saw their reaction he said, "Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?
But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.
But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.'
He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."
A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,