43 occurrences in 12 translations

'Suppose' in the Bible

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Verse ConceptsDelusionsPeople Of God, In NtHeredityAbility, God's PowerHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionWorry And StressRaising ChildrenBuilding Relationships

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

Verse ConceptsPagansPrayerfulnessHeathenMan's Conduct Towards GodChantingLack Of MeaningWhat Foreigners DoSaying RepeatedlyExamples of secret prayerRewards Of RitualPraying

What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?

Verse ConceptsHillsSheepShepherds, As OccupationsWatchfulness, DivineLost SheepThe Number NinetyOne HundredThinking ArightGod Searching For PeopleAbandoning ThingsNinetiesMissing SomeoneBeing LostLosing Someone

'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthThinking ArightFirst Ones

So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From Heaven

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Verse ConceptsReckoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebtGod's ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgiving

Which of these three do you suppose became a neighbor of the man who fell among the robbers?"

Verse ConceptsThree MenWho Is The One?Actual ThievesNeighboursthieves

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Verse ConceptsMidnightRequesting FoodThree Other ThingsBreadFriendship And LoveFriendship And TrustLosing A FriendLosing FriendsPersistenceperserverancenagging

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

Verse ConceptsBedroomsKeysBedsShutting DoorsLeave Us AloneNot Able To Get UpUnable To Do Other Things

Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Verse ConceptsSnakesRepulsive FoodFathers And SonsBreadGivingBeing A Good FatherFishfatherhoodparenthood

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

Verse ConceptsThinking Aright

Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

Verse ConceptsAccidentsSuffering, Causes OfTowersEighteenDeath Of Other GroupsThings FallingTragedybridges

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

"Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?

Verse ConceptsSheep, FigurativeShepherds, As OccupationsWatchfulness, DivineThe Number NinetyOne HundredSeeking For Concrete ThingsAbandoning ThingsNinetieslosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneBeing Lost

"Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn't she?

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsFinding ThingsSweepinglosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendLosing FriendsBeing Lostwomanwomanhood

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceMoses, Significance OfAccusations, Source OfEffect Of The LawPeople Accusing PeopleThe Fatheraccusations

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

Verse ConceptsFigures Of SpeechDifferent ThingsNo RoomWriting The New TestamentThe WorldThe Biblespacestories

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

Verse ConceptsHourDrunkennessdrunkards

and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not he, but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of his feet.

Verse ConceptsSandalsShoesWho Is John The Baptist?Undoing Fastenings

After a while Paul said to Barnabas, "Suppose we now revisit the brethren in the various towns in which we have made known the Lord's Message--to see whether they are prospering!"

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineConverts To ChristianityMissionariesChristians Being Called Brothers

So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Verse ConceptsTeachers Of The LawSpirit BeingsSound

But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceCondemnation Of The WickedEscaping From GodJudgmentsJudgementJudging Others Actionspractice

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Verse ConceptsCelibacyDistressGood ActivityStress And Hard TimesBeing Single

For if someone sees you, a person having knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?

Verse ConceptsKnowingFood For Other godsWeaknessEating Meatconscience

There are, I suppose, many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedMeaningAll Languages

To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeoplePaul's BoastingBoasting

for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --

Verse ConceptsReceptivenessNot ReceivingMoney Management

For example, a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in.

Verse ConceptsCongregationFilthinessGoldOrnamentsRingsRagsChurch GatheringsFine ClothesFoul ClothesGold OrnamentsPoor PeopleThe Rich Lording ItgaysBeing Gay

Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

Verse ConceptsNaked In PovertyHelp In ShortageFeeding The PoorSibling Love

Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?

Verse Conceptsgrandmasfriendliness

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