'Turned' in the Bible

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his power, and how he went to war with Damascus, causing the wrath of the Lord to be turned away from Israel, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.

But still the heat of the Lord's wrath was not turned back from Judah, because of all Manasseh had done in moving him to wrath.

So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

It was supported on twelve oxen, three facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east, the water-vessel resting on top of them; their back parts were all turned to the middle of it.

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.

Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.

For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.

Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.

In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.

Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.