286 occurrences in 13 translations

'Thing' in the Bible

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

Verse ConceptsGreetingsPagansOutdoingMore ThanWhat Foreigners DoFriendsFamily LoveLove And FamilyFamily And FriendsTreating Others

“Do not give that which is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.

Verse ConceptsGreatness Of Christ

And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Verse ConceptseagernessDrawing Near To ChristSeeking LifeDoing God's WorksDoing GoodEternal lifeeternityman

About noon and at three, he went out again and did the same thing.

Verse Concepts3 PmDoing Repeatedly

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringAnswering People

Then the man went to the other and said the same thing.“‘I will, sir,’ he answered. But he didn’t go.

Verse ConceptsSecond BeingSaying RepeatedlyAcceptanceworkingmanwillstories

Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

Verse ConceptsDoing Repeatedly

The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenSecond BeingThird Person

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

Verse ConceptsAbominationsReadingHoliness, As Set Apart For GodUnderstandingAbomination Of DesolationSacrilegeNamed Prophets Of The LordThis GenerationImage Of The BeastOlivet Discourseend times prophecymath

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for Me.

Verse ConceptsCommendationChrist Knowing About PeopleDo Not HinderWomen's Beauty

The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born."

Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsJudas IscariotBetrayalGospel, Confirmation OfNecessityWoeNever Being BornJudas Betraying ChristPersonal GoodWoe To The WickedHurt And Betrayal

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesSaying RepeatedlyJesus Praying

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

Verse ConceptsAmazingExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromNewnessAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionAuthority Of ChristWhat Is This?Christ's Ordersdoctrine

And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

Verse ConceptsUnwise ZealGod's Deed RevealedTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

Verse ConceptsDisclosuresFrom Darkness To LightHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyEverything Happening For A Reason

And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

Verse ConceptsWho Is The Doer?Looking And Seeing

and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTChrist Concealing ThingsPeople Providing Food

there is nothing outside a man [such as food] which by going into him can defile him [morally or spiritually]; but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfExternalsEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedDefilementprepping

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Verse ConceptsExternalsEntering The MouthBeing Without UnderstandingDefilementprepping

And he spoke the thing openly. And Peter, taking him to him, began to rebuke him.

Verse ConceptsInsightPeter, The DiscipleRebukePlainness

and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

Verse ConceptsSelf PityThrowing PeopleBurning PeopleGod Help!Signs Of Possible Demon Possessionjumpingpity

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

Verse ConceptsGoalsSaltPeace, In Christian LivingPersonal ContactTastelessnessSeek PeaceTastelessSournessChemicalsLosing FriendsGood Qualities

And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

Verse ConceptsFruitStanding At A DistanceFoliageNot Findingdistance

And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringAnswering People

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

Verse ConceptsAbominationsReadingSafetyUnderstandingThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemEscaping To Mountains

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftopMan Going Down

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

Verse ConceptsLeave Them AloneTroubling Individuals

For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."

Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsBetrayalNecessityWoeNever Being BornJudas Betraying ChristPersonal GoodWoe To The Wicked

But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with You, I will never deny You!” And they all said the same thing.

Verse Conceptsdenial of Jesus ChristPeter, The DiscipleResigned To Deathvulnerabilitydenial

Once again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

Verse ConceptsSaying RepeatedlyJesus Praying

And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersBad Decision Making ExamplesRopesTeachers Of The LawCommitteesHanding Over ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests ConvenedTying Up

And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Verse ConceptsConfusionTremblingFear, Of UnknownBewildermentJesus TombThose Who Did Not Tell

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesCharismatic IssuesLaying On Of HandsPower Over SnakesLaying On Hands To HealHealing Through DisciplesHurthurting

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

Verse ConceptseagernessLeavingLooking And SeeingTelling Of Jesus

and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

Verse ConceptsTelling What People SaidSpreading The Gospel

And they understood not the thing that he said to them.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding Sayings

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

Verse ConceptsKeysPrisonersjail

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Verse ConceptsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToKept Alive By MenChrist EnquiringDo Good!Do Not MurderDoing GoodPeople Actually Doing EvilThe Sabbath And Christ

Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Verse ConceptsPopularityImitating Wicked PeopleSins Of The FathersProphets SufferingWoe To The ProsperousFake Friends

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Verse ConceptsCharacterSecret ThingsFrom Darkness To LightAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuressecretshiding

And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's Orders

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Verse ConceptsNeedHalf Of ThingsDoing The Right ThingBeauty And Self Worth

“Therefore, salt is good; but if salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

Verse ConceptsDecayPersonal ContactTastelessnessTastelessSournessluck

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

Verse ConceptsChrist Enquiring

And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

Verse ConceptsConversationWho Is The Doer?

And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

Verse ConceptsPursesSandalsShortagesChrist SendingGod ProvidingNot EquippedMoney Boxluck

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").

Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceNazarethUncharitablenessComing To ChristUnderestimationNothing GoodBringing Men To Jesus

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenThose To Whom God Gives

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

Verse ConceptsMaking Christ KnownAvoiding SecrecyDisclosuresBeing YourselfThe WorldBelieving In Yourselfrecognition

The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

Verse ConceptsAmazingIgnorance, Of ChristNot Knowing About ChristChrist's OriginWhere From?

From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsHealing Of The BlindFrom The BeginningFrom Birth

Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

Verse ConceptsJesus Returning To The FatherSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristThe Disciples WordsChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The EndThe Father

Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Jesus

Simon Peter told them, "I'm going fishing." They all told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

Verse ConceptsBoatsGoing TogetherNothingFishingActing All NightDiscipleshipFishpeter

But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

Verse ConceptsLackBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfSacrificial GivingPlenty For The PoorAvoiding PovertyGiving Money To The ChurchSharingsales

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Verse ConceptsCommunismGod Hating LyingAuthorityGod Hates Lying

And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithFaith, Growth InJudaismSpiritualityIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritAntioch in SyriaProselytesBeing Filled With The SpiritBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

Verse ConceptsGod And The HeartMinistry

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Verse ConceptseagernessHearing God's Word

you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.

Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodHousesPrayer, In The ChurchSleeplessnessPrayer MeetingsChurch GatheringsPraying TogetherPrayer During PersecutionIdentity

Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of in the Prophets may not come upon you:

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstWritten In The Prophets

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