'Works' in the Bible

And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.

O Lord God, you have now for the first time let your servant see your great power and the strength of your hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth able to do such great works and such acts of power?

He is your God, the God of your praise, your God who has done for you all these works of power which your eyes have seen.

But your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which he has done.

And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:

And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.

Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the works of their hands; so my wrath is let loose on this place and will not be put out.

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

You are the God who does works of power: you have made your strength clear to the nations.

We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

He did great works before the eyes of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.

O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:

Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.

The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.

Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.

Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.

And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

In all your living-places the towns will become broken walls, and the high places made waste; so that your altars may be broken down and made waste, and your images broken and ended, and so that your sun-images may be cut down and your works rubbed out.

My eye will not have mercy on you, and I will have no pity: but I will send the punishment of your ways on you, and your disgusting works will be among you: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Now, in a little time, I will let loose my passion on you, and give full effect to my wrath against you, judging you for your ways, and sending punishment on you for all your disgusting works.

My eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity: I will send on you the punishment of your ways, and your disgusting works will be among you; and you will see that I am the Lord who gives punishment.

For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.

And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.

But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.

I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

And I sent burning and wasting and a rain of ice-drops on all the works of your hands; but still you were not turned to me, says the Lord.

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples