34 occurrences in 13 translations

'Certainly' in the Bible

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodPleasureCharacter Of WickedNot Pleasing Godwickednessartists

Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfUprightnessResolving Conflict

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodNot AshamedTreacheryWaiting On The Lord

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeThe Accepted TimeWatchfulness, DivineAnswered PromisesFinding GodSwampedStress And Hard TimesOvercoming Hard TimesFloodsPrayer During Hard TimesAcknowledged

Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,gathering possessionswithout knowing who will get them.

Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfPraiseNames For JerusalemWorship, Of God AloneWorthinessPraise To God Is Fitting

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

Verse ConceptsRedemptionSiblingsDebtThe SoulValueSaving Moneyredeemed

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

Verse ConceptsDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfDelight, God ExpressingPleasureNot Pleasing God

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgesReward, Divine

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSlipperyness

Those far from You will certainly perish;You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessUnfaithfulness, To God

Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.

Verse ConceptsRestraintDivine RestraintsGod's ClothingPraising Godbridges

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersDoorsProperty, HousesTentsEvil AssociationsOne DayPresented At The DoorwayWe Live With GodDaysgaysBeing GayHaving A Good Daywickedness

he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

Verse ConceptsHuntingSatan, Compared With AnimalsEscaping The TrapDisease

Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes -- you will see the wicked paid back.

Verse ConceptsGod Will RequiteSeeing SituationsPunishment of the The Wicked

Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, Benefits OfAbandonmentGod Not Forsaking

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

Verse ConceptsBinding cornThe Soul Winners JoyTearsReapersPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofdesiresGod Lives In Jerusalemzion

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name; the morally upright will live in your presence.

Verse ConceptsWe Live With God

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

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