Thematic Bible: Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to
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Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Walking
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
Since the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp to rescue you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy (undefiled); and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you.
‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’
You have trampled on the sea with Your horses,
On the surge of many waters.
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Resting
but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock or the stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done.
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy [that is, set it apart for His purposes].
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed.”
For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Grieved
And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,
And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’
“Therefore I was angered with this generation,
And I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Laughing
The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.
He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign]
But You, O Lord, will laugh at them [in scorn];
You scoff at and deride all the nations.
I also will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when your dread and panic come,
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Amazement
He saw that there was no man,
And was amazed that there was no one to intercede [on behalf of truth and right];
Therefore His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His own righteousness sustained Him.
“I looked, but there was no one to help,
And I was amazed and appalled that there was no one to uphold [truth and right].
So My own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath sustained Me.
He wondered at their unbelief.
And He was going around in the villages teaching.
And He was going around in the villages teaching.
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Sleeping
And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity,
And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Oaths
The Lord has sworn [an oath] by His right hand and by His mighty arm,
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will [the invading] foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Does not faint
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become tired or grow weary;
There is no searching of His understanding.