'Show' in the Bible

Now the Lord said to Abram,“Go forth from your country,And from your relativesAnd from your father’s house,To the land which I will show you;

and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.”

He said, “O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.

But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.

Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!”

And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”

and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?

and when the Lord your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.

For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.

So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity.

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly.”

And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.

nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accord with all the good that he had done to Israel.

And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do.”

You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you.”

If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

Now may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.

Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.

Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

The king said, “Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet.”

David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.”

Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites,

Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.

“With the kind You show Yourself kind,With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

“I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth.”

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”

Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.

Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people.

“Teach me, and I will be silent;And show me how I have erred.

‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;And again You would show Your power against me.

And show you the secrets of wisdom!For sound wisdom has two sides.Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

“Will you show partiality for Him?Will you contend for God?

“He will surely reprove youIf you secretly show partiality.

“How long will you hunt for words?Show understanding and then we can talk.

“Wait for me a little, and I will show youThat there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;Take warning, O judges of the earth.

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right handFrom those who rise up against them.

With the kind You show Yourself kind;With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;And to him who orders his way arightI shall show the salvation of God.”

Your God has commanded your strength;Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our behalf.

How long will you judge unjustlyAnd show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.O Lord, You showed favor to Your land;You restored the captivity of Jacob.

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,And grant us Your salvation.

Show me a sign for good,That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord,Or can show forth all His praise?

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

To show partiality to the wicked is not good,Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

These also are sayings of the wise.To show partiality in judgment is not good.

To show partiality is not good,Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment,And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

“I was angry with My people,I profaned My heritageAnd gave them into your hand.You did not show mercy to them,On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,In Whom I will show My glory.”

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’Along the roads they will feed,And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

Moreover, the Lord made it known to me and I knew it;Then You showed me their deeds.

I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares the Lord. “I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them.”’”

‘Like an east wind I will scatter themBefore the enemy;I will show them My back and not My faceIn the day of their calamity.’”

I will also show you compassion, so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil.

My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.

Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed.

The man said to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

The king called aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom.”

This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of enigmas and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation.”

Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message.

For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all.

“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,I will show you miracles.”

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts;“And I will lift up your skirts over your face,And show to the nations your nakednessAnd to the kingdoms your disgrace.

Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”

And Jesus *said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.

Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

and He *said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

To show mercy toward our fathers,And to remember His holy covenant,

And He ordered him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: