'Response' in the Bible

Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

In response, Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He also pitched his tents there and his servants dug a well.

In response, Isaac told Esau, "Look! I've predicted that he's going to become your master, and I've assigned all his brothers to be his servants. What then can I do for you, my son?"

In response, Leah asked her, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Now you also want to take my son's mandrakes!" But Rachel replied, "Okay, let's let Jacob sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

"Should he have treated our sister like a whore?" they asked in response.

Then the taskmasters of the people and their officials went out and told the people, "This is Pharaoh's response: "I'll no longer give you any straw.

Miriam sang in response to them, "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea."

In response, Nun's son Joshua, Moses' attendant and one of his choice men, exclaimed, "My master Moses! Stop them!"

In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.

In response, Balak sent more officers higher ranking ones, at that!

But in response, the donkey asked Balaam, "I'm your donkey that you've ridden on in the past without incident, am I not, and I'm the same donkey you're riding on right now, am I not? Am I in the habit of treating you like this?" "No," he admitted.

But in response, Balaam asked, "Shouldn't I be careful to communicate only what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

In response, Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, you son of Zippor!

"Will your relatives have to go to war while you remain here?" Moses asked the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben in response.

then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, "May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage of his brother.'

In response, the people said, "Far be it from us that we should abandon the LORD to serve other gods,

and they informed him, "This is Jephthah's response:

In response, the Philistines went up, encamped in the territory of Judah, and raided Lehi.

In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?" "I did to them what they did to me," he answered.

“Get up,” he told her. “Let’s go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

But there was no response. So he placed her on the donkey, mounted his own animal, and went home. When he arrived home, he grabbed a knife, took hold of his mistress, cut her apart limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her remains throughout the land of Israel.

Jonathan told David, "The LORD God of Israel is my witness that I'll carefully question my father by tomorrow or the next day. And if the response is favorable for David, will I not then send word to you and let you know?

Ish-bosheth couldn't say another word in response to Abner, because he was terrified of him.

In response, David sent out Joab and his entire army of elite soldiers.

In response the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!”

So the king told Ziba, "Pay attention! Everything that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!" In response Ziba said, "I'm submitting to you. Let me find favor in your sight, your majesty the king!"

In response, the king told him, "What's the point of us talking anymore? My decision is that you and Ziba divide the fields."

But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him.

So they took the ox that was given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from early morning until noon. "Baal! Answer us!" they cried. But there was no response. Nobody answered. So they kept on dancing around the altar that they had made.

They kept on raving right through midday and until it was time to offer the evening sacrifice, but there was still no response. Nobody answered, and nobody paid attention.

So he told Ben-hadad's envoys, "Tell his majesty the king, "Everything that you asked for the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" So the envoys left to deliver Ahab's response. They returned a little while later.

When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking in the tents, he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, “The lad has not awakened.”

said in response, "May God forbid me to do this! I won't drink the blood of these men, will I? After all, they risked their lives to bring it to me." That's why he wouldn't drink it. The Three Warriors did these things.

In response, David sent out Joab and his entire army of elite soldiers.

while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked with his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, "What is your advice as to what response I should return to these people?"

In response, the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, "The LORD is righteous."

In response, Asa flew into a rage and locked up the seer in stocks in the palace prison because of what Hanani had told him. Asa also tortured some of the people of Israel at that time.

But Hezekiah's response wasn't commensurate with what had been done for him because he was arrogant in heart, so wrath came upon him, upon Judah, and upon Jerusalem.

In response, she replied:

In response, the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and descendants of Levi, and all those who had been prompted by God, prepared to travel to rebuild the Temple of the LORD, which was in Jerusalem.

With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the Lord: "For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever." All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.

The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings!

The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as commanded by David the man of God, [one] division [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] division.

Hathach came and repeated Mordecai’s response to Esther.

Esther’s response was reported to Mordecai.

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan told the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said:

This was Job's response:

In response Job replied:

In response, Job said:

In response, Job said:

I cry out: “Violence!” but get no response;I call for help, but there is no justice.

In response, Job said:

Then in response, Eliphaz from Teman said:

Job's response was to say:

but when he saw that there had been no response from those three, he got even more angry.

"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

In response, Elihu said:

The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:

A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.

The lazy person is wiser in his own opinion than seven men who can give an appropriate response.

By mere words a servant will not be corrected; even though he understands, there will be no response.

Whoever obeys his commands will not experience harm, and the wise in heart will discern both the appropriate time and response.

Indeed, there is an appropriate time and a response for every circumstance, since human misery weighs heavily upon him.

If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

In response to all this I said, "Ah, Lord God, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say, 'You will be safe!' But in fact a sword is already at our throats."

For you will no longer remember the oracle of the Lord, because every man’s own word will become the oracle, [for as they mockingly call all prophecies oracles, whether good or bad, so will it prove to be to them; God will take them at their own word]; and you have perverted the words [not of a lifeless idol, but] of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.

The prophet Jeremiah answered them, "Agreed! I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you."

Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

In response, I asked the angel who had been talking with me, "Sir, what are these?"

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.

But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

I speak as to my children. As a proper response, you should also be open to us.

I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.