29 occurrences in 12 translations

'According' in the Bible

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Verse ConceptsBeamsFortificationsForestsCitadelsGrace, In OtHand Of GodGod's HandGod's Hands On People

The king granted this for me, according to the good hand of my God. So I went to the Trans-Euphrates governors and gave them the king's letters of authorization. The king also sent army officers and cavalry to accompany me.

Verse ConceptsBeyond The River

I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that is in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Verse ConceptsPeople Bound By Oaths

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

Verse ConceptsAmenEmptyingPeople ShakingPeople Abandoning People

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodFavor

and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them word according to this word.

Verse ConceptsFourfold

And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

Verse ConceptsLettersFractions, One FifthFifthThings Manifest

Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

Verse ConceptsRumours

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Verse ConceptsFalse AccusationsWicked ProphetsMan's Counsel

And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

Verse ConceptsHeadsIndividuals Who LiedEverything Happening For A Reasonimaginationrumors

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsProphetessFear Of Enemies

So my God gave me the idea to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be registered according to their genealogies.

Verse ConceptsArchivesNobles

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Verse ConceptsCongregationWeeksDaily DutyDay 8Seven DaysReading The Scriptures

Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsGod Sets Boundaries

'And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAbandonmentRebellion, Of IsraelDoing RepeatedlyGod Paid Attention To Them

But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints

and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Verse ConceptsBodyHarvestUnsuitable Rule

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

Verse ConceptsCasting LotsWoodThe Altar Of The LordFirewood

Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristResponsePraise, Should Be Offered By

And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Verse ConceptsWagesAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingTithesStores Of FoodBringing In The Tithe

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersChoirsPermitted To Eat OfferingsTimes Of People

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTPurifying Oneself

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfSpeech

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Accord (53 instances)
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Agree (53 instances)
Allot (12 instances)
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Consort (3 instances)
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