'Lord' in the Bible

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.

And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.

Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water;

For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen.

In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments,

In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.

When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.

And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.