'Account' in the Bible

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created -- when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."

and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."

What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

"'If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the Lord for a sin offering.

If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil.

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

"'If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

As for me, the Lord was also angry with me on your account. He said, "You also will not be able to go there.

and called David's enemies to account." So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David.

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.

He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king's outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.

Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms.

The list of Joash's sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God's temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.

Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis.

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.

"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.

"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me.

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.'

Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

Then the Lord said to Hosea, "Name him 'Jezreel,' because in a little while I will punish the dynasty of Jehu on account of the bloodshed in the valley of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels.

So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased."

"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.

because some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account."

I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.