'Toward' in the Bible

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Around three in the morning, He came toward them walking on the sea.

“Come!” He said.And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.

Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

Therefore, when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward Him, He asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so these people can eat?”

While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, greatly amazed, ran toward them in what is called Solomon’s Colonnade.

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward damage and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”

Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you—if you remain in His kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

But if any man thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin, if she is past marriageable age, and so it must be, he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

We have this kind of confidence toward God through Christ.

And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you.

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers, to do so even more,

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

because I hear of your love and faith toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.

Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.

For it brings favor if, mindful of God’s will, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, becauseGod resists the proudbut gives grace to the humble.

So the angel swung his sickle toward earth and gathered the grapes from earth’s vineyard, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.