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'Eyes of the Lord' in the Bible

Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsGenerationsAnger Of God, ConsequencesNomadsThe Number FortyThe Homeless40 To 50 YearsHomelessnessGod Led Them Through The WildernessDying In The Desert Waiting For God's Timingwandering

If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:

Verse ConceptsProvokingIdols

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

Verse ConceptsOaths, DivineDoing RightDoing The Right ThingDoing Your Best

And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

Verse ConceptsMediatorProstrationWaterFasting, Accompanied ByMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodPersonal GoodForbidden Food

Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsPersonal GoodObeying God

When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfBreaking The Covenant

So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

For I am certain that after my death you will give yourselves up to sin, wandering from the way which I have given you; and evil will overtake you in the end, because you will do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of your hands.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, CausesGod's WaysProvoking GodSin, Nature OfKnowing Beforehand

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;

Verse ConceptsAdultery, SpiritualServanthood, And Worship Of GodSin, Nature OfGod's People Sinning

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.

Verse ConceptsForgettingBaal Worship, HistorySuccessServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahPower, HumanGod's People Sinning

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord when Ehud was dead.

Verse ConceptsGod's People Sinning

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In Otenemies, of Israel and JudahSeven YearsGod Will Cause DefeatGod's People Sinning

And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Gift40 To 50 YearsGod Will Cause DefeatGod's People Sinning

Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

Verse ConceptsHarvestGod's People Sinning

Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

Verse ConceptsPlundering

And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

Verse ConceptsDistressPersonal Good

So Achish called for David, and said unto him - By the life of Yahweh, surely, upright, thou art, and, pleasing in mine eyes, have been thy going out and thy coming in with me, in the host, for I have found in thee no wrong, from the day of thy coming in unto me, until this day, - but, in the eyes of the lords, displeasing, thou art.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfGoing Out And Coming In

Now, therefore, return, and go in peace, - so shalt thou not do wrong in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.

And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemReinstating People

And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing,

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodGod Answered Prayer

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedKingship, Humanrehabilitation

And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfJealousyGod's People Sinning

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodSin, Universality OfPeople Who Did Right

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

Verse ConceptsWalking

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked Kings

And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.

Verse ConceptsMessengerProphets, Role OfImitating Wicked KingsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel do.

Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked Kings

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

Verse Conceptsorganization

And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourjezebel

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.

Verse ConceptsBad ExampleBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesUnique IndividualsNamed Wivesjezebel

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesGood Kings Examples OfIncense Offered AmissPeople Who Did RightSacrificing On The High Places

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kingsjezebel

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisks

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsThe Kingdom Of Others

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

Verse ConceptsSons In LawThe Kingdom Of Others

Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofPeople TeachingPeople Who Did RightTeaching ChildrenTraining Children

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofImitating Wicked Kings

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

Verse ConceptsKingship, HumanNot Imitating GoodPeople Who Did Right

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature of

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature of

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

Verse ConceptsGood Kings Examples OfImitating Good KingsPeople Who Did Right

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Good15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Evil

And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionChild sacrificeProvoking GodConsultationsPagan PracticesCharacter Of WickedDivinationmagicwitches

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFireChild sacrificeMediumsProvoking GodSacrifice, In OtSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesInfanticideHuman SacrificesFortunetellingNecromancyOccultismTime PassingSorcerypsychics

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeInnocence, Teaching OnSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfUnfaithfulness, To GodInnocent BloodSheddingKilling The Innocent

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfGood Kings Examples OfSteadfastness, Examples OfImitating Good KingsNot Turning AsidePeople Who Did Right

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done.

Verse ConceptsInexperience

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn SonsGod Killing

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

Verse ConceptsGrandmothers

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Verse ConceptsCommitmentGod, Human Descriptions OfFaultsFace Of Godevil, believers' responses toCommitment, to GodGod, Present EverywhereVisionWatchfulness, DivineHelp From GodGod, All knowingEyesBeing Devoted to GodEarthSupport

He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked Kings

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHalf HeartednessLosing A FriendDoing The Right Thingdevotion

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesSports

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

Verse Concepts15 To 20 YearsAge When Crowned

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeMediumsProvoking GodSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsHuman SacrificesAncestral WorshipSorcerypsychics

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfImitating Good Kings

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsAge When Crowned

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsWord Of God

Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMan's WaysGod, All knowingGod Seeing All People

The perverse in heart are repulsive and shamefully vile to the Lord,But those who are blameless and above reproach in their walk are His delight!

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCondemned HeartsDelight, God ExpressingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPleasing GodPleasureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleAbominations, To GodTwisted Ways

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All The EarthMental Abusepreservationtraitors

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfRestoring NationsWombFrom The WombChrist's Own GloryGod Our Strengthmums

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