'Gave' in the Bible

he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. Then God gave their land to the Israelis as an inheritance

"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

The tribune gave him permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, motioned for the people to be silent. When everyone had quieted down, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language:

The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

nor did he doubt God's promise out of a lack of faith. Instead, his faith became stronger and he gave glory to God,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready!

Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.

As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

Nevertheless, everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him and to which God called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, you should follow the directions I gave to the churches in Galatia.

We did not expect that! They gave themselves to the Lord first and then to us, since this was God's will.

So if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave us to build you up and not to tear you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.

He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For if the inheritance comes about through the Law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.

Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,

For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

You know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

May our Lord Jesus, the Messiah himself, and may God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."

He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time.

Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.

Since you are in the presence of God, who gives life to everything, and in the presence of the Messiah Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, I solemnly charge you

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. In the first place, his name means "king of righteousness," and then he is also king of Salem, that is, "king of peace."

Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham the patriarch himself gave him a tenth of what he had captured!

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelis and gave them instructions about burying his bones.

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John,

I gave her time to repent, but she refused to repent of her immorality.

At that moment a powerful earthquake struck. One-tenth of the city collapsed, 7,000 people were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.

The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and all were judged according to their actions.

The city doesn't need any sun or moon to give it light, because the glory of God gave it light, and the lamb was its lamp.