20 occurrences

'Acted' in the Bible

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldFrustrationgoodbyes

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfProud PeopleKnowing God's Character

And I spoke unto you, but ye would not hear, and ye rebelled against the word of Jehovah, and acted presumptuously, and went up the hill.

Verse ConceptsSelf WillProud People

then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

"Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

if you then have acted in good faith and honor with Jerubba'al and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abim'elech, and let him also rejoice in you;

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have acted perversely: roll me now a great stone.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodRollingForbidden FoodGod's People SinningEating Meat

And Saul said, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples Ofenemies, of believersRegretEnemies, Christian Response ToFoolish PeoplePersonal GoodWe Have Sinnedsaul

Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against me.

Verse ConceptsThings RevealedUnfaithful

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodOptimismParticipation, In SinUnfaithfulness, To God

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toGuilt

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordBreaking God's Law

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

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

Verse ConceptsMeditationPride, Results OfShameThe ProudMeditation On God's Word

And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

Call together the archers against Babylon, all those that bend the bow: encamp against her round about; let there be no escaping: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath acted proudly against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsdefianceInfidelity To GodNo EscapeLet Evil ReboundProud People

Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Verse ConceptsAppearancesPeople In RighteousnessShame Has ComeGod's People Sinning

and they shall bear their confusion, and all their unfaithfulness in which they have acted unfaithfully against me, when they shall dwell safely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsEliminating ShameUnfaithful

Bible Theasaurus

Behave (50 instances)
Dissemble (2 instances)
Pretend (15 instances)
Represent (28 instances)