100 Bible Verses About Actions
Bible verses about Actions
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Psalms 78:11 (KJV)
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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