'Thing' in the Bible

Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"

So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go.

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

He went away again and prayed the same thing.

When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us."

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her."

So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

He replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing -- that although I was blind, now I can see."

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: 'I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.'"

"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.