8 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillSeeking Life

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeNot Extinguishing

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeSeeking For Abstract ThingsGod Be With You

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toHatredLawsuitsDivine FavourBusiness At The GatewaySurvivors FavouredBe Merciful!God As A WarriorHating EvilLoving GoodHateGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBeing AshamedActing AlonePreparation For BurialProclaiming God’s NameCurbing SpeechRelatives Also Involved

Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

Verse ConceptsTaking PossessionThe Gospel To The Nations

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