'Towards' in the Bible

And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.

And I will fetch a morsel of bread; and refresh yourselves; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore have ye passed on towards your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.

And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.

And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt, as one goes towards Assyria. He settled before the face of all his brethren.

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.

And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.

and if he have the hair fallen off from the part of the head towards his face, he is forehead-bald: he is clean.

And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.

and it shall be, towards evening, he shall bathe in water: and at the going down of the sun he may come inside the camp.

The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;

the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

and it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben,

and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

and turned towards the sun-rising to Beth-Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left,

and the border turned westwards to Aznoth-Tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah upon Jordan towards the sun-rising.

And they went up into the city. As they were coming into the midst of the city, behold, Samuel was coming out towards them, to go up to the high place.

And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and advanced to meet David, that David hasted, and ran towards the ranks to meet the Philistine.

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over; the king also himself passed over the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over, towards the way of the wilderness.

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!

And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

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.

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.

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

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.

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:

But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which was 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.

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;

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,)

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.

for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;

But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;

in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;

We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men.

hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ Jesus.

being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;

This is the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;

Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

For this is acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,

And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.

Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,