'According' in the Bible

"Son of Man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who even now are prophesying, and tell those prophets that keep on prophesying according to what they wish would happen, "Listen to what the LORD says.'"

"This is what the Lord GOD says, "How terrible it will be for the false prophets who walk according to their own wrong inclinations and see nothing.

"And now, Son of Man, turn toward and oppose the women of your people who prophesy according to their own wrong inclinations and prophesy against them.

Therefore, speak up and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "Every person from Israel's house who follows his idols and sets the stumbling block that is his own sin in front of his face, and then consults a prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to how many idols he embraces.

"since the Lord GOD says, "I'll deal with you according to what you've done, when you despised your oath by breaking the covenant.

"Therefore, Israel, I'm going to judge you according to the behavior of each and every one of you," declares the Lord GOD. "So repent and turn from all your sins so that sin won't keep on being a stumbling block for you.

"But they rebelled against me. They didn't live according to my statutes, observe my ordinances, or practice them, by which a person will live. They also kept profaning my Sabbaths. So I said that I was going to pour out my anger on them and in my anger I'm going to bring about a complete end to them in the wilderness.

Then you'll know that I am the LORD, when I will have dealt with you for the benefit of my own reputation and not according to your evil attitudes or corrupt practices, you house of Israel," declares the Lord GOD.

""They'll invade you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and a vast army. They'll set themselves in place to attack you from every direction with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I'll turn over judgment to them, and they'll punish you according to their own standards.

""I, the LORD have spoken. It will happen, because I'm going to do it. I won't hold back, have compassion, or change my mind. They'll judge you according to your ways and deeds,' declares the Lord GOD."

"And yet you keep saying, "Living life the Lord's way isn't right,' But I will judge every one of you according to the way you live, you house of Israel!"

I'll place my spirit within you, empowering you to live according to my regulations and to keep my just decrees.

"""My servant King David will be there for them, and one shepherd will be appointed for them. They will live according to my decrees, keep my regulations, and practice them.

including up to the doorway, up to the Temple (both within and without) and all around both sides of the inner wall, according to his measurement.

with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways.

He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick.

When disputes arise, they are to serve as a judge, adjudicating matters according to my ordinances. They are to enforce my laws, my statutes, all of my appointed festivals, and they are to sanctify my Sabbaths.

"You are to apportion this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel,

But the men who had gone as a group to the king told him, "Remember, your majesty, that according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, any decree or edict that the king establishes cannot be repealed."

So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior.

The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.

Many nations will approach and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the Temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways, and we will walk according to his directions.' "Indeed, the Law will proceed from Zion, and the message of the LORD from Jerusalem.

You keep Omri's statutes and observe the customs of the house of Ahab. Because you live according to their advice, I'll make you desolate and turn your inhabitants into an object of scorn. Therefore you will bear the shame of my people."

"My Spirit continues to dwell among you, according to the covenant I established when you came out from Egypt. Don't be afraid!'

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "If you will live according to my ways, and if you will keep what I have entrusted to you, then you will also administer my Temple, and you will also guard my courtyards. And I will give you access to these who serve here.

He responded to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the surface of the whole earth, because, according to this side of the scroll, all thieves will be ejected, and according to the other side of the scroll, all liars will be ejected."

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith, let it be done for you!"

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."

Both of them were righteous before God, having lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

he was chosen by lot to go into the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense, according to the custom of the priests.

according to the promise he made to our ancestors to Abraham and his descendants forever."

When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

They also offered a sacrifice according to what is specified in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."

"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace according to your promise,

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

Pilate told them, "You take him and try him according to your Law."

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

After he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified this very man and killed him using the hands of lawless men.

"Our ancestors had the Tent of Testimony in the wilderness constructed, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."

At this Paul told him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"

and was declared by the resurrection from the dead to be the powerful Son of God according to the spirit of holiness Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.

For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:

on that day when God, through Jesus the Messiah, will judge people's secrets according to my gospel.

For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.

so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Consequently, brothers, we are not with respect to human nature, that is under an obligation to live according to human nature.

For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.

and the one who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, for the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God's will.

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan.

For I passed on to you the most important points that I received: The Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

he was buried, he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures and is still alive!

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.

I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.

He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

And if you belong to the Messiah, then you are Abraham's descendants indeed, and heirs according to the promise.

But just as then the son who was conceived according to the flesh persecuted the son who was conceived according to the Spirit, so it is now.

he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will,

In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of God's grace

when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah

In the Messiah we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything that he wills to do,

and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.

I have become a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.

I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit,

Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us

and to clothe yourselves with the new nature, which was created according to God's image in righteousness and true holiness.

And my God will fully supply your every need according to his glorious riches in the Messiah Jesus.

You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joy

See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the Messiah,

That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus, the Messiah.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.

Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.

while God added his testimony through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."

In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.

A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.

So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do what is good.

Think of our Lord's patience as facilitating salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.

And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us.