'Decides' in the Bible
Later, after Joseph's brothers faced the reality of their father's death, they asked themselves, "What happens if Joseph decides to hold a grudge against us? What if he pays us back in full for all the wrong things we did to him?"
"If two men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman and her children are born prematurely, but there is no harm, he is certainly to be fined as the husband of the woman demands of him, and he will pay as the court decides.
If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.
If the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and the field will transfer back to him.
If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value.
{So may Yahweh punish Jonathan and more} if {my father decides to do you harm} and if {I fail to disclose it to you} and send word to you that you can go safely. And may Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!"
The king’s servants said to him, “Whatever my lord the king decides, we are your servants.”
Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!"
The cast lot puts an end to strifeAnd decides between the mighty ones.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him."
One person decides in favor of one day over another, while another person decides that all days are the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind:
It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
being a double-minded man, unstable and restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.