'Shall' in the Bible

Gladness and exultant joy shall be yours, and many will rejoice over his birth.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

"By what proof," asked Zechariah, "shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

And blessed is she who has believed, for the word spoken to her from the Lord shall be fulfilled."

And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."

Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways into smooth;

and then shall all mankind see God's salvation.'"

Live lives which shall prove your change of heart; and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"

If therefore you do homage to me, it shall all be yours.'

and 'On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"

"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

"Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; pardon, and you shall be pardoned;

give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."

John is the man about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending My messenger before thy face, and he shall make ready thy way before thee.'

"To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?

There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.

Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."

Jesus heard the words and said to him, "Have no fear. Only believe, and she shall be restored to life."

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it.

For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here to me."

And if there is a lover of peace there, your peace shall rest upon it; otherwise come back upon you.

"I have given you power to tread serpents and scorpions underfoot, and to trample on all the power of the Enemy; and in no case shall anything do you harm.

Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

"A right answer," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

and yet only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion and she shall not be deprived of it."

And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him in the middle of the night and say, "'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

"And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

"So I say to you, 'Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'

For every one who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door shall be opened.

And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.

And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

Yes, I tell you that, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House, it shall all be required from the present generation.

"And I tell you that every man who shall have acknowledged me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.

"Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you at that very moment what you must say."

"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

But make His Kingdom the object of your pursuit, and these things shall be given you in addition.

and be yourselves like men waiting for their master--on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast--that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.

If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"

This prompted Him to say, "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?

And again He said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'

Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"

lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,

"But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish.

and will not rather say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, make yourself tidy, and wait upon me till I have finished my dinner, and then you shall have yours'?

The question was put to Him by a Ruler: "Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."

who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this life, and in the age that is coming the Life of the Ages."

"What shall I do for you?" "Sir," he replied, "let me recover my sight."

"'I tell you that to every one who has anything, more shall be given; and from him who has not anything, even what he has shall be taken away.

"It is written," He said, "'And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

The woman, then--at the Resurrection--whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her."

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

and yet not a hair of your heads shall perish.

Then let those who shall be in Judaea escape to the hills; let those who are in the city leave it, and those who are in the country not enter in.

"Where shall we prepare it?" they asked.

for I tell you that I certainly shall not eat one again till its full meaning has been brought out in the Kingdom of God."

so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

Those who were about Him, seeing what was likely to happen, asked Him, "Master, shall we strike with the sword?"

"I tell you in solemn truth," replied Jesus, "that this very day you shall be with me in Paradise."