'Works' in the Bible

and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, 'What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What are your works?

and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, 'What are your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, 'Thy servants are feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;'

And the king of Egypt saith unto them, 'Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'

and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.

And Moses saith, 'By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart;

Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for who is a God in the heavens or in earth who doth according to Thy works, and according to Thy might?

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even unto this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods -- so they are doing also to thee.

And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee are very good;

and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained power to go unto Tarshish.

because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.

'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

Say to God, 'How fearful are Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.

And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!

Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings.

And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep.

Great are the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.

The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations.

The works of His hands are true and just, Stedfast are all His appointments.

I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness is to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.

Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

Good is Jehovah to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

Confess Thee O Jehovah, do all Thy works, And Thy saints do bless Thee.

Righteous is Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.

With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.

Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them.

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

Lo, all of them are vanity, Nought are their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'

I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.

Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.

And I -- their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.

And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands.

And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,

by provoking Me to anger by the works of your hands, by making perfume to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are going in to sojourn, so as to cut yourselves off, and so as to your being for a reviling and for a reproach among all nations of the earth?

For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.

The appearance of the wheels and their works is as the colour of beryl, and one likeness is to them four, and their appearances and their works are as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.

In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

Aram is thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.

Damascus is thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

And Jehovah doth watch for the evil, and bringeth it upon us, for righteous is Jehovah our God concerning all His works that He hath done, and we have not hearkened to His voice.

Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: 'I forget not for ever any of their works.

And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.

'Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day;

and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.

all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, 'Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

'Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

They said therefore unto him, 'What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

They answered and said to him, 'Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, 'If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;