304 occurrences

'Shall' in the Bible

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

And ye came near to me all of you, and said, We will send men before us, who shall examine the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and of the cities to which we shall come.

Verse ConceptsSpies

Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, They are a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

Verse ConceptsEvil GenerationsExclusion

Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfFollowing God

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofGuidance, From Godly PeopleInexperienceEncourage Others!

And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Verse ConceptsLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityInexperienceAge Of AccountabilityKnowing Right And WrongRules About Young PeopleThose Who Were IgnorantBabies Going To Heaven

And command the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you; and ye shall be very guarded:

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink;

Verse ConceptsBuying FoodMoney Blessings

as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to take possession of it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all who are combatants.

Verse ConceptsUnity, Of God's PeopleGod Gave The Land

Only your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, I know that ye have much cattle, shall abide in your cities which I have given you,

Verse ConceptsOther WivesRules About Young People

until Jehovah give rest to your brethren, as well as to you, and they also take possession of the land that Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return, each man to his possession, which I have given you.

Verse ConceptsNot going home directlyTime Of Peace

Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he will fight for you.

Verse ConceptsBattlesDo Not Fear Men

But charge Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land which thou shalt see.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofEdification, Examples OfGuidance, From Godly PeoplePeople Going BeforeEncourage Others!EncouragementEncouraging Othersencouraging

Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleCommands, in OTRespect, For God's CharacterRevelation, In NtWord Of GodAdditionsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

for I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandHow Death Is Inevitable

When thou begettest sons, and sons' sons, and ye have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger,

Verse ConceptsProvokingIdols

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthAnnihilationThings As Witnesses

And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.

Verse ConceptsRemnantScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelDriven Away By GodFew People

And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.

Verse ConceptsFindingRestoration After BackslidingPrayer, Advice For EffectiveReceptivenessRevival, CorporateFinding GodWhole HeartednessSingle Mindedness

In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,

Verse ConceptsDistressReturning To GodEnd Of Days

And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From Godrisk

In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsGod's WaysOld Age, Attainment OfOrthodoxy, In OtWalkingHow To Live LongLife Through Keeping The LawLong LifeObedience

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;

Verse ConceptsReceptive Hearts

And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsFingersJoined To GoodMarks On People

And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessBuilding CitiesThe Promised LandCities In IsraelGod Gave The Land

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

Verse ConceptsMonotheismDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other gods

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceDiligence, Objects OfdiligenceTestimoniesKeep The Commandments!statuescommandments

When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaningThe Future

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,

Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with fire.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsShrinesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksBurning Idolatrous Things

And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers;

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsGod Keeps Covenanthealthcare

Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessOffspringBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Will BlessInfertility

And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.

Verse ConceptsTrapEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other godsShow No Mercypity

And he will give their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt put out their name from under the heavens; no man shall stand before thee, until thou hast destroyed them.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelInvincibilityAble To StandForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutGentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGod Multipling PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawKeep The Commandments!

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.

Verse ConceptsWarningIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsHinduism

As the nations which Jehovah is causing to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsObeying God

And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Verse ConceptsFingersRopesSanctification, Means And ResultsThoughtJoined To GoodMarks On PeoplePay Attention To God!The Word Of GodValue

then will Jehovah dispossess all these nations from before you, and ye shall take possession of nations greater and mightier than yourselves.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be.

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaFeet In ActionAs Far As The Euphrates

No man shall be able to stand before you: the fear of you and the dread of you will Jehovah your God lay upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Verse ConceptsInvincibilityAble To StandSuccess Through God

And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou enterest in to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

Verse ConceptsMountainsThe Curse Of The LawBlessing And Cursecurses

For ye pass over the Jordan to enter in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall take possession of it, and dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

And ye shall take heed to do all the statutes and ordinances which I set before you this day.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall take heed to do in the land, which Jehovah the God of thy fathers is giving thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenHigh PlacesHillsDestruction Of Satan's WorksWorship At Trees

and ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and burn their Asherahs with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and ye shall destroy the names of them out of that place.

Verse ConceptsStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksBurning Idolatrous ThingsNames Blotted OutstatuesgenocideHinduism

but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

Verse ConceptsChoicesHousesWorship, Places OfSacred PlacesA Place For God's Name

and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

Verse ConceptsOfferingsVowsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesTithes And Offering

and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

Verse ConceptsLove FeastWorship, Reasons ForRejoicingEating Before GodEating Drinking And Rejoicing

Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsAnarchyDoing The Right ThingDoing Your Best

then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.

Verse ConceptsNo Earthly Inheritance

Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodPeople Consuming BloodForbidden FoodEating Meat

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

Verse ConceptsFood DefinedEating Meat

and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh shalt thou eat.

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The LordSacrifice On The Bronze AltarRegulating SacrificesEating Meat

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodMonotheismReverence, And ObedienceFear Of The LordClinging To GodFollowing GodFear God!Keep The Commandments!

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw thee out of the way that Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerBad InfluenceGod's WaysPurity, Moral And SpiritualRebellion, Against GodSatan, Agents OfSatan, As DeceiverMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedGroups Of SlavesWalking In God's WayDeath Penalty For HeresyGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptDreams And False Prophets

thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,

Verse ConceptsPeople Hiding PeopleDo Not Listen!Not Sparingpity

but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;

Verse ConceptsApproval To KillFirst To ActDeath Of A Family Member

and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.

Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

And all the spoil of it shalt thou gather into the midst of the open place thereof, and shalt burn the city with fire, and all the spoil thereof, wholly to Jehovah thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologySpoils Of WarBurning Citiesgenocide

These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

Verse ConceptsGoatsOxenDeerPetsEating Meat

And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, and which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

Verse ConceptsCleft HoofsClean And UncleanClean AnimalsDeer

Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs they shall be unclean unto you;

Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsRock BadgerUnclean Animals

and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.

Verse ConceptsTouchPigsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsEating Forbidden FoodUnclean Animalspork

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;

but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean AnimalsFish

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

Verse ConceptsEaglesVultures

And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsClean And Uncleanbugs

All clean fowls shall ye eat.

Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork

and the Levite for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSatisfactionSaints, Care For The PoorWidows, Should BeLoving ForeignersGod Will BlessNo Earthly InheritancePeople Helping Orphansfriendliness

and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.

Verse ConceptsDebtlent

Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release;

Verse ConceptsForeignersLaws Restricting ForeignersDebt

save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBlessings, To IsraelLand, As A Divine Responsibility

For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingAuthority Of DisciplesBorrowingLending And BorrowingFinancesMoney Blessingslentgenocide

Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.

Verse ConceptsBeing BlessedGrudgesMastersResentment, Against PeopleSaints, Care For The PoorGod Will BlessGivingGiving Back

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityBad LeadershipCommands, in OTPoor PeopleBeggarsLendingPoverty, Remedies ForSuffering, HardshipGenerosity, Used TowardsThe poorHelping The PoorHelping Others In NeedFeeding The Poor

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Verse ConceptsHolidaySabbatical YearSlavery, In OtYearsSix YearsPeople Freeing SlavesThe Law On Slavery

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --

Verse ConceptsPeople Freeing SlavesFamily LoveLove And Family

then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.

Verse ConceptsToolsStaying PutSharp ToolsPiercingsRegulations For Men And Women

In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.

Verse ConceptsClean And UncleanDeer Etc.Deer

And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst at even on the first day, be left over night until the morning. --

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadSeven DaysOvernight

Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:

Verse ConceptsFeasting On Special OccasionsLaw, OtPilgrimageWorship, Times ForMen WorshippingEmpty HandedThree Times A YearFestivals Observedvacation

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