44 occurrences

'Ought' in the Bible

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

So David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.”

‘Job ought to be tried to the limit,Because he answers like wicked men.

Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

who ought to have been present before you and to make accusation, if they should have anything against me.

But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you,

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
δεῖ 
Dei 
must , ought , must needs , should , , vr ought
Usage: 72

מאוּמה 
M@uwmah 
Usage: 32

ממכּר 
Mimkar 
that ... sold , sale , that which cometh of the sale , ought , ware , sold
Usage: 10

ὀφείλω ὀφειλέω 
Opheilo 
ought , owe , be bound , be duty , be a debtor , be guilty , be indebted ,
Usage: 24

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

χρή 
Chre 
Usage: 1

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