'Great' in the Bible

"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me.

if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?

The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.

Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.

Preserve your servant from arrogant people; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be upright and acquitted of great wickedness.

His glory is great because of your deliverance, you have given him honor and majesty.

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

A king is not saved by a large army; a mighty soldier is not delivered by his great strength.

It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

Then I will give you thanks in front of the great congregation; in the midst of the mighty throng I will praise you.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

I have not ignored your righteousness in my heart; instead, I have proclaimed your faithfulness and deliverance. I have not concealed your gracious love and truthfulness from the great congregation.

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King.

those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches?

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

For your gracious love is great, extending even to the heavens, and your truth even to the skies.

Say to God: "How awesome are your works! Because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you."

Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD who is the fountain of Israel.

Answer me, LORD, for your gracious love is good; Turn to me in keeping with your great compassion,

Your many righteous deeds, God, are great,

God is known in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

God, your way is holy. What god is like our great God?

For you are great, and you are doing awesome things; you alone are God.

For great is your gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable.

For the LORD is an awesome God; a great king above all divine beings.

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised; he is awesome above all gods.

The LORD is great in Zion and is exalted above all nations.

Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is holy!

Bless the LORD, my soul; LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed in splendor and majesty;

There is the deep and wide sea, teeming with numberless creatures, living things small and great.

They forgot God their Savior, who performed great things in Egypt

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,

Great are the acts of the LORD; they are within reach of all who desire them.

For great is his gracious love toward us, and the LORD's faithfulness is eternal. Hallelujah!

I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

Great peace belongs to those who love your instruction, and nothing makes them stumble.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues formed joyful shouts. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

The great things that the LORD has done for us gladden us.

LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.

Indeed, I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord surpasses all gods.

To the one who alone does great and wondrous things, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who made the great lights, for his gracious love is everlasting

to the one who struck down great kings, for his gracious love is everlasting

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

They will sing about the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD!

How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!

The LORD is great, and to be praised highly, though his greatness is indescribable.

People will speak about the might of your great deeds, and I will announce your greatness.

Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

Hallelujah! Praise God in his Holy Place. Praise him in his great expanse.

He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.

She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.

Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin diminishes any people.

The righteous house is itself a great treasure, but within the revenue of the wicked calamity is at work.

A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.

The person who has great anger must pay the consequences, because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger.

A good reputation is more desirable than great wealth, and favorable acceptance more than silver and gold.

When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

I told myself, "I have become greater and wiser than anyone who ruled before me in Jerusalem yes, I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge."

So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise.

Furthermore, all his days he lives in darkness with great sorrow, anger, and affliction.

There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.

If your overseer gets angry at you, don't resign, because calmness pacifies great offenses.

Foolishness is given great honor, while the prosperous sit in lowly places.

Come out, young women of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day his day of great delight.

The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; for those living in a land of deep darkness, a light has shined upon them.

Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

"Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.

But now the LORD has spoken again: "Within three years, like the years of a contract worker, Moab's glory will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and its survivors will be very few and of no importance."

Furthermore, at that time, a great trumpet will be sounded, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who had been expelled to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on his holy mountain at Jerusalem.

you will be visited by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies with thunder, an earthquake, and great noise, with a windstorm, a tempest, and flames from a devouring fire.

"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'

And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks and canals running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.

The LORD has a sword bathed in blood; it's covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, and with fat from the kidneys of rams." "For the LORD holds a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

"Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! This is what the king of Assyria says: "Don't let Hezekiah deceive you for he cannot save you!

"Lift your eyes up to heaven and see who created all these the one who leads out their vast array of stars by number, calling them all by name because of his great might and his powerful strength and not one is missing."

This is what the LORD says: "The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, those Sabeans, men of great heights. They'll come over to you and will be yours; They'll trudge behind you coming over in chains, they'll bow down to you. They'll plead with you, "Surely God is in you; and there is no other God at all.'"

Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells."

Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed could cross over?"

Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong; because he poured out his life to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he carried the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions."

"For a brief moment I abandoned you; but I'll gather you with great compassion.

Then all your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's prosperity.

"Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, in garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in such splendor, marching in his great might? It is I, speaking in vindication, mighty to save.

I will recount the gracious deeds of the LORD, the praiseworthy acts of the LORD, according to all the LORD has done for us yes, the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his gracious love.