51 occurrences

'Acts' in the Bible

Therefore, tell the Israelis, "I am the LORD. I'll bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I'll deliver you from their bondage. I'll redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

WhenPharaoh won't listen to you, I'll let loose my power upon Egypt. I'll bring out my tribal divisions my people the Israelis from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionEarthly ArmiesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

If a man acts deliberately against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him to die even if he's at my altar.

Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifePresumptuous PlansDeath Penalty For Killing

"Instruct the Israelis what to do if a man's wife turns astray so that she unfaithfully acts against him,

"But if some person acts with a high hand, whether a native-born or a resident alien, he blasphemes God, and that person is to be eliminated from among his people.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentdefianceHell, As Incentive To ActionIrreverencePresumptionExcommunicationInfidelity To GodMan's PurposesDeath Penalty For ViolenceThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

"You must not act as we have been doing here today, where everyone acts as they see fit,

Verse ConceptsAnarchyDoing The Right ThingDoing Your Best

Now stand up and I'll pass judgment on you in light of the LORD's righteous acts that he did for you and your ancestors.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Righteousness OfStillnessGod Doing RightDoing Right

Today, even though I'm anointed as king, I'm weak. These men, sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the one who acts wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!"

Verse ConceptsEvildoersAnointing KingsNo Strength Left

(for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple,

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfStrength Of God

Now the rest of Solomon's accomplishments, including everything else he did, as well as records of his wisdom, are recorded in the Book of the Acts of Solomon, are they not?

Verse ConceptsCommemorationWritingHistorical Books

The rest of the official acts of Joram, along with everything else that he did, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

"Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power, when they come and pray in the direction of this Temple,

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

After all of these acts of faithfulness occurred, King Sennacherib of Assyria came, invaded Judah, and laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

Now as to the rest of Manasseh's accomplishments, including his prayer to God and what the seers had to say to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, they are included among the Acts of the Kings of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSeersaccomplishments

His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerUnfaithfulness, To God

Now the rest of the accomplishments of Josiah, including his faithful acts of devotion as required in the Law of the LORD,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyalty

My acts of iniquity they overwhelm me! Our transgressions you blot them out!

Verse ConceptsFaultsA Forgiving GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Lord GOD, I will come in the power of your mighty acts, remembering your righteousness yours alone.

But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth.

Verse Conceptsaccomplishmentdeliverance

Yet the LORD's gracious love remains throughout eternity for those who fear him and his righteous acts extend to their children's children,

Verse ConceptsGod, Love OfGod, The EternalEternalPromises To ChildrenEverlastingLoving Children

in order to make known your mighty acts to mankind as well as the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod's Deed Revealed

Every sensible person acts from knowledge, but a fool demonstrates folly.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfForethoughtsGoal SettingValuing Knowledge

The king approves the wise servant, but he is angry at anyone who acts shamefully.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyGood KingsAccessservanthood

I have concluded that everything that God undertakes will last for eternity nothing can be added to it nor taken away from it and that God acts this way so that people will fear him.

Verse ConceptsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

Verse ConceptsViolenceGarments

He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteous acts upheld him.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessRevival, Nature OfGod's Salvation Made KnownMessianic PropheciesGod HimselfNo One AvailableGod's InterventionSupportsurprises

I will recount the gracious deeds of the LORD, the praiseworthy acts of the LORD, according to all the LORD has done for us yes, the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his gracious love.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfKindnessLove, Nature OfThankfulnessUnkindnessWitnessing, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of God

Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodEarsInsightScripture, UnderstandingVeilsAbundance, SpiritualHearing God's VoiceNot Seeing GodNo Other Is GodGod's Work In Us

Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.

Verse ConceptsRebukeFruits Of SinConsequences Of Forsaking GodNo Fear Of GodReproving PeopleBackslidingPunishmentsBackslidersapostasyFalling Away From God

Rather, let the one who boasts, boast in this: that he understands and knows me, for I am the LORD who acts with gracious love, justice, and righteousness in the land. I delight in these things," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfBoasting, LegitimateDelight, God ExpressingGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Righteousness OfGod, Will OfHappinessHeart, DivineJustification, Necessity OfKindnessPleasureUnderstandingGod Doing RightDoing RightI Am The LordExerciseBoasting

"Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is fighting against us. Perhaps the LORD will do some of his miraculous acts for us, and Nebuchadnezzar will depart from us."

"How weak is your heart," declares the Lord GOD, "when you committed all of these deeds, the acts of an imperious whore!

Verse ConceptsLukewarmness

This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because your lust has been poured out and your nakedness has been uncovered by your acts of fornication with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your sons, whom you offered to them,

Verse ConceptsNakednessHuman Blood ShedIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersPrivate Parts

But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheSanctification, Means And ResultsDoing The Right Thing

"When a righteous person turns from his righteous deeds and does evil, he'll die because of that evil. He'll die because of his unrighteous acts that he committed.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment For

"If I tell the wicked person that he will certainly die, if he turns from his sin and acts with justice and righteousness,

When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,

"To you, Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us, open humiliation even to this day, to the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, both those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the lands to which you drove them because of their unfaithful acts that they committed against you.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theSelf Righteousness, And The GospelUnfaithfulness, To GodPeople ExiledShame Has ComeUnfaithful

Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, please turn your anger and wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an embarrassment to all of those around us.

Verse ConceptsCityGod, Righteousness OfHillsAccording To ThingsGod Does Right For PeopleLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgiveness

When I'm ready, I will chasten them; and the people will gather against them, to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts."

Verse ConceptsChastisementPeople OpposedTwo Intangible Things

"It is said, house of Jacob, "The Spirit of the LORD is limited, if he acts this way, is he not?' "But my words benefit those who live righteously, do they not?

Verse ConceptsGood WorksThe Spirit Of GodBible MemorizationReceiving God's WordGod Doing GoodWhat God Does

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