'Account' in the Bible

Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.

Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.

Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.

And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.

And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

Then I gave an account to those who had been taken prisoners of all the things which the Lord had made me see.

There are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who have gone down with those who have been put to the sword: they are shamed on account of all the fear caused by their strength; they are resting there without circumcision, among those who have been put to the sword, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld.

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord.

And the man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes and give hearing with your ears, and take to heart everything I am going to let you see; for in order that I might let you see them, you have come here: and give an account of all you see to the children of Israel.

You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image.

Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.

A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.

That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.

He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.

Here is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, I was greatly troubled by my thoughts, and the colour went from my face: but I kept the thing in my heart.

Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:

And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.

And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.