29 Bible Verses about Motives, Importance Of
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Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
But indeed for this cause I have raised thee up, to display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
And when they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, These are the people of LORD, and have gone forth out of his land. But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says lord LORD: I do not do [this] for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations where ye went.read more.
And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them. And the nations shall know that I am LORD, says lord LORD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their ey
in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will. For us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ. In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good-news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,read more.
which is a pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquired possession, for appreciation of his glory.
Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the sons of Israel. And those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.read more.
And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace. And it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the sons of Israel.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.
And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.
If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens. When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does,read more.
so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open. And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy private room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee in the open. And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking. Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him. Pray ye therefore this way: Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name. May thy kingdom come. May thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven. Give us this day the bread sufficient for us. And forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, so that thou may not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father in secret. And thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee.
Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures.
Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God, and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.
Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God. And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.read more.
And he who does wrong will be recompensed what he did wrong, and there is no partiality.
Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ. Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, bond-serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men.read more.
Knowing that whatever good thing each may do, he will receive this from the Lord, whether bondman or freeman.
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge, but thou shall remember that thou were a bondman in Egypt, and LORD thy God redeemed thee from there. Therefore I command thee to do this thing. When thou reap thy harvest in thy field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, thou shall not go again to fetch it. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that LORD thy God may bless thee in all thread more.
When thou beat thine olive tree, thou shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. When thou gather of thy vineyard, thou shall not glean it behind thee. It shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. And thou shall remember that thou were a bondman in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.
And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,read more.
and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons fatherless. If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest. If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner. Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy food for profit.read more.
I am LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God. And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman. He shall be with thee as a hired servant, and as a sojourner. He shall serve with thee to the year of jubilee. Then he shall go out from thee, he and his sons with him, and shall return to his own family. And he shall return to the possession of his fathers. For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as bondmen.
Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of which the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience,
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication, for each of you to know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and reverence, not in passion of lust, as also the Gentiles who have not known God,read more.
not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be
The spirit of man is the lamp of LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
