'O God' in the Bible

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

They replied, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!"

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

So he said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house,

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

"Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God.

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God's will.

But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God."

Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one."

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

For every one of God's promises are "Yes" in him; therefore also through him the "Amen" is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing --

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ's behalf, "Be reconciled to God!"

But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,

You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent -- a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen.

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.

that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.

but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts."

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.