'Doing' in the Bible

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;

And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.

And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?

This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.

Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.