'Follow' in the Bible
And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed?
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.
And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?
They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?
And all these thy bondmen shall come down unto me, and bow down to me, saying, Go out, thou, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a glowing anger.
Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow after them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
And he said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over.
But the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiez'rites were called out to follow him.
And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.
So he said to the men of Succoth, "Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun'na, the kings of Mid'ian."
And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."
And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord.
And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,
And one of Joab's young men stood by Amasa and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?
And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!
And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.
Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.
For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
then it shall come to pass, that the sword which ye fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.
And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.
And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, One thing lackest thou: go, sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.
And he sends two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.
And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.
And he said to them all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;
And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.
And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.
And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.
And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow them.
And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.
And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in;
And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.
Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.
Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
But he said this signifying by what death he should glorify God. And having said this, he says to him, Follow me.
Jesus says to him, If I will that he abide until I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me.
And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.
What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual manifestations, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Of some men the sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment, and some also they follow after.
For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men as first-fruits to God and to the Lamb:
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.
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- Accompany (60 instances)
- Adopt (6 instances)
- Comply (5 instances)
- Espouse (2 instances)
- Follow (353 instances)
- Observe (357 instances)
- Pursue (143 instances)
- Succeed (82 instances)
- Survey (8 instances)
- Trace (12 instances)
- Understand (440 instances)
- Watch (374 instances)
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