18 occurrences

'Commands' in the Bible

because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Verse ConceptsAbraham, The Friend Of GodObedienceObeying Godstatuescommandmentsobeying

Then Moses said, “This is the word which the Lord commands, ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

If you will do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure [the responsibility], and all these people will also go [back] to their tents in peace.”

Verse ConceptsStanding Firm

Then the descendants of Gad and of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

Verse ConceptsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

This is what the Lord commands regarding the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’

Verse ConceptsLimitednessFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughters

Then Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do according to everything that my lord the king commands.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

Verse ConceptsTablesLike Good People

So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and told Joab, “This is what the king commands, ‘Come out of there.’” But Joab said, “No, for I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought word to the king again, saying, “This is what Joab said, and this is how he answered me.”

Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

Now this is a copy of the decree that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe [who was] learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and of His statutes to Israel:

Verse ConceptsJudaismLettersArtaxerxes The KingCopies Of Documents

“Now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned (turned away from) Your commandments,

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodForsaking God's Things

Esther had not revealed her family or her people [that is, her Jewish background], just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her just as when she was under his care.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfThose Who Did Not TellMen's OrdersObeying People

“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,And commands that they return from evil.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing

“He covers His hands with the lightning,And commands it to strike the mark.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAccuracyGod's Handclouds

“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,That it may do whatever He commands itOn the face of the inhabited earth.

Verse ConceptsTurning RoundguidanceDirectionWisdom And GuidanceWeather In The Last Daysaccomplishmentweather

“For all these things My hand has made,So all these things came into being [by and for Me],” declares the Lord.“But to this one I will look [graciously],To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessAttitudes Of HumilityGod, The CreatorHand Of GodMeeknessPoverty, SpiritualRepentance, Nature OfReverence, And God's NatureRevival, Nature OfSpirit, Nature OfTremblingContriteRemorseCharacter Of SaintsBible, In Christian LivingAweExistence Through GodFearing God's WordGod And The HumbleBeing HumbleSelf EsteemA Broken Heart

For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesA Little BitBroken Things

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