Reference: World
American
The earth on which we dwell, 1Sa 2:8; its inhabitants, Joh 3:16, or a large number of them, Joh 12:19. In several places it is equivalent to "land," meaning the Roman Empire, or Judea and its vicinity, Lu 2:1; 4:3; Ac 11:28. It also denotes the objects and interests of time and sense, Ga 6:14; 1Jo 2:15.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
Then she let them down by a cord through the window for her house was upon the town wall. She lived on the wall.
He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the inhabited earth.
The devil said to him: If you are the Son of God command this stone to become bread.
For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Pharisees spoke among themselves: You see that you are not accomplishing anything. Look the world has gone after him.
One of them was named Agabus. He indicated through the Spirit that a great famine was about to come on the entire earth. He said it would come to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Never should I boast except in the stake (symbolic: self-denial and atonement) of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is through this stake that the world has been impaled to me, and I to the world.
Hastings
WORLD
1. In OT.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River. All the Israelites passed over the Jordan River on dry ground.
He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges its people fairly.
With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.
([Psalm of David]) The earth and all it contains the world and those who dwell in it belong to Jehovah.
([Sons of Korah]) Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that it contains are mine.
Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.
The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains.
Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and its inhabitants, you are God from everlasting to everlasting.
He comes before Jehovah! Yes, he comes to judge the earth! He will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth (fidelity) (faithfulness).
This is in Jehovah's presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with fairness.
He made everything appropriate (beautiful) (good) in its time. God placed eternity in the heart of man. For man is unable to see the works of God from the first to the last.
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.
Draw near, people of all nations! Gather around and listen. Let the whole earth and everyone living on it come here and pay attention.
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill may be seen by all.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
The field is the world (the society of mankind). The good seed are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one. The enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are angels. read more. The weeds are gathered up and burned (destroyed) with fire. It will be this way at the end of the age.
It will be that way at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous.
What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?
He sat on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when these things will be? What will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the age?
There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any has ever been from the beginning of the world until now.
The King will say to those on his right hand: 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
I tell you, Everywhere this good news is preached in the entire world, this good deed done by this woman will be spoken of in memory of her.
Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
will receive a hundred times as much now in this time, and in the age to come everlasting life.
He spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from ages past.
For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
The master of the dishonest manager praised him for doing a shrewd thing. People of this world are more astute at handling their affairs than people who belong to the light.
who shall not receive manifold more now and in the age to come everlasting life.
Jesus said, The sons of this age marry, and are given in marriage. Those accounted worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
The true light, which gives light to every man, came into the world. (Isaiah 49:6)
The true light, which gives light to every man, came into the world. (Isaiah 49:6) The world was made through him. He was in the world and the world did not recognize him.
The world was made through him. He was in the world and the world did not recognize him.
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him. He boldly declared: Behold! The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the marriage feast.
He made a whip of cords, and chased them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables. He told those who sold doves: Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. read more. His disciples remembered what was written. 'Zeal for your house shall eat me up.' (Psalm 69:9)
For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through him.
God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through him.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.
But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
They told the woman: We believe because of what you said and we heard him ourselves. We know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world!
(Not in older manuscripts.) A man who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years was present.
Jesus answered them: Truly I tell you the Son can do nothing by himself. He sees the Father do something and then he does it. Whatever the Father does the Son does in like manner.
For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven. It gives life to the world.
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
No one does anything in secret when he seeks to be known publicly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.
The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.
He responded to them: You are from below. I am from above. You are from this world. I am not from this world.
When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Since the world began no one ever heard of a man opening the eyes of someone born blind.
Jesus said: I came into the world for this judgment that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.
The Pharisees spoke among themselves: You see that you are not accomplishing anything. Look the world has gone after him.
Now judgment is on this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Now judgment is on this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
I have come as a light to the world. Everyone who believes in me will not remain in darkness. If any man hears my sayings and does not obey them I will not judge him. I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
If any man hears my sayings and does not obey them I will not judge him. I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jesus knew before the feast of the Passover that the time had come for him to leave this world and return to his Father. He loved his own who were in the world to the very end.
It is the Spirit of the truth. The world cannot receive it. The world does not see or know it. You know it because it lives with you and will be with you.
I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world comes. He has no hold on me!
I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world comes. He has no hold on me!
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.
And third, of judgment because the prince of this world has been judged.
And third, of judgment because the prince of this world has been judged.
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
I taught your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours and you gave them to me. They have lived by your word.
I gave them the words that you gave me. They understood them and knew I came from you. They believed you sent me.
I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
He has not left himself without witness. For he did good and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands.
First, I thank my God for all of you through Jesus Christ, for your faith is reported throughout the whole world.
His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse,
Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world, and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have sinned.
Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? This is the wisdom of God that the world through its wisdom did not come to know God. God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Instead God chose the foolish things of the world to confuse (shame) the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to confuse (shame) the things that are mighty. God also chose the base things of the world, and things which are despised, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are.
How is it we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who come to nothing (are doomed to destruction)?
None of the rulers of this age knew (understood) for had they known it they would not have impaled the glorious Lord (esteemed Master).
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God. This is so we might know the things that are freely given to us from God.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. It is written: He catches the wise in their own craftiness (deception). (Job 5:13)
What have I to do with judging those outside (in the world)? Do we not judge those who are inside (the congregation)? God judges those outside. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.
Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to judge these small matters?
Those who use this world should not abuse it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.
But he who is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. She who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
These things happened for examples, and they are written for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
For as woman is from man, even so is man also from woman. But all things are from God!
If anyone is contentious about this we have no other practice, neither do the congregations of God.
But when we are judged, Jehovah disciplines us, that we should not be destroyed (condemned) with the world. (Proverbs 3:11)
But when we are judged, Jehovah disciplines us, that we should not be destroyed (condemned) with the world. (Proverbs 3:11)
The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.
God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ. He was not imputing their trespasses against them, for he had committed the word of reconciliation to us.
He (Jesus) gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the will of our God and Father.
The one who made Peter an apostle to the Jewish people (who are circumcised) also made me an apostle to the people of the nations (who are not circumcised).
I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me.
When we were children, we too were held in bondage. We were slaves to the arrangement of this world.
Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and poor fundamental things? Do you want to slave for them all over again?
Never should I boast except in the stake (symbolic: self-denial and atonement) of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is through this stake that the world has been impaled to me, and I to the world.
It is far above all governments and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.
So in the ages to come he, with Christ Jesus, might show the exceeding (surpassing) (exceptional) riches of his grace with kindness toward us.
Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.
He also declared your love to us in the Spirit.
Give thanks to the Father, who made us partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light.
Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, respecting God.
He will be with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things that are done here.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).
He has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the ages (Greek: aion: ages of time, perpetuity, worlds, generations, human entities).
It remains for some to enter into it. Those who first received the good news did not enter in because they did not obey and lacked faith.
and have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Otherwise he would have to suffer often from the founding of the world. He has presented himself once at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
When Christ came into the world he said: 'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me.
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the Word of God. The visible has been made out of things that were not visible.
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, did not receive the promise. God provided something better for us that they might not be made perfect without us.
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
A man will say: You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
You see that faith acted with his works, and works made faith perfect (complete).
Many of you should not be teachers, my brothers. You know that we will receive a heavier (stricter) judgment.
The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are from meekness because of wisdom.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures. Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
The seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world has become our God's, and his Christ will rule as king forever and ever.
They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3)