'Towards' in the Bible

And it is declared to the house of David, saying, 'Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,' And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind.

but they shall fly upon the shoulder of the Philistines towards the west; together shall they spoil the sons of the east; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thy anger towards Me.

Because of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.

Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on to power, They come nigh, then they speak, 'Together -- to judgment we draw near.'

Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where is Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.

Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon -- seventy years -- I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will wrench out from his mouth {what he has swallowed}. And [the] nations will not stream towards him [any] longer {what's worse}, the wall of Babylon has fallen.

Son of man, set thy face towards Zidon, and prophesy against it,

And outside the inner gate were two cells in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate, and its front towards the south; the other was at the side of the south gate, the front towards the north.

And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And it shall come to pass when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court, and towards the house.

And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards the gate that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side.

At the set time he shall return, and come towards the south; but not as the former time shall be the latter;

That in which are the black horses goeth forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth towards the south country;

And he cried unto me, and spoke unto me, saying, See, these that go forth towards the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That is before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.

and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;

And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

But towards daybreak He went to them, walking over the waves.

And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"

But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

Then Jesus left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis.

Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.

Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--

And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, 'Be not weeping;'

Then turning towards the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house: you gave me no water for my feet; but she has made my feet wet with her tears, and then wiped the tears away with her hair.

Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.

They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

And He turned towards His disciples and said to them apart, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!

Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,

On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,

and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

Turning towards him, Jesus replied, "To-day salvation has come to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

But Jesus turned towards them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

But they pressed Him to remain with them. "Because," said they, "it is getting towards evening, and the day is nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for all these people to eat?"

When Jesus had thus spoken, He raised his eyes towards Heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Thy Son that the Son may glorify Thee;

of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.

He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.

But John, towards the end of his career, repeatedly asked the people, "'What do you suppose me to be? I am not the Christ. But there is One coming after me whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.'

testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.

For this cause I also exercise myself to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.

And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,

and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit.

righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all,and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference;

Therefore having been justified on the principle of faith, we have peace towards God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.

your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,

even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?

For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.

as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:

Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.

If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me;

Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.

ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

And such confidence have we through the Christ towards God:

Great is my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

whether -- about Titus -- my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether -- our brethren, apostles of assemblies -- glory of Christ;

But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:

they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;

while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which is resting upon you.

But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed we are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,)

(for he that wrought in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)

The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.

which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,

Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is in you, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,

that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,

And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

of which I became minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given me towards you to complete the word of God,

Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming opportunities.