4,714 verses contain “God” (in the KJV: 4,573, in the BSB: 4,131) — showing 4,301–4,400
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Thou hast followed her that is
hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith
God,
Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief
Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord spake.
Let not the
sinner say that he hath not
sinned: for
God shall burn coals of fire upon his head, which saith before the Lord
God and his glory, I have not
sinned.
Yea and the Spirit of
Almighty God, which made all things, and searcheth out all hidden things in the secrets of the earth,
What will ye do? or how will ye hide your sins before God and his angels?
Behold,
God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and
forget your
iniquities, to
meddle no more with them for ever: so shall
God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide,
And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord
God: let not your sins
weigh you down, and let not your
iniquities lift up themselves.
Because I remembered God with all my heart.
Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thine holy and glorious name is blessed and honourable for ever: let all thy works praise thee for ever.
So the prayers of them both were heard before the majesty of the great God.
My son, be mindful of the Lord our
God all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin, or to
transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness.
Give
alms of thy substance; and when thou givest
alms, let not thine eye be
envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of
God shall not be turned away from thee.
Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee,
tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve
God, he will also repay thee: be
circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
Bless the Lord thy
God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may
prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.
And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
So they were well pleased. Then said he to Tobias, Prepare
thyself for the journey, and
God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things for the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and
God, which dwelleth in heaven,
prosper your journey, and the angel of
God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man’s dog with them.
And the devil shall smell it, and
flee away, and never come again any more: but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you, and pray to
God which is
merciful, who will have
pity on you, and save you: fear not, for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning; and thou shalt preserve her, and she shall go with thee. Moreover I suppose that she shall bear thee children. Now when Tobias had heard these things, he loved her, and his heart was
effectually joined to her.
Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the manner, for thou art her cousin, and she is thine, and the
merciful God give you good success in all things.
And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that
God would have
pity on us.
Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O
God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens
bless thee, and all thy creatures.
Then Raguel praised
God, and said, O
God, thou art worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let thy saints praise thee with all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine
elect praise thee for ever.
And he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.
After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto Nineve.
And he
wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O
God, and blessed is thy name for ever; and blessed are all thine holy angels:
Then
Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineve,
rejoicing and praising
God: and they which saw him go
marvelled, because he had received his sight.
But Tobias gave
thanks before them, because
God had mercy on him. And when he came near to Sara his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, Thou art
welcome, daughter:
God be blessed, which hath brought thee unto us, and blessed be thy father and thy mother. And there was joy among all his brethren which were at Nineve.
Then he took them both apart, and said unto them,
Bless God, praise him, and
magnify him, and praise him for the things which he hath done unto you in the sight of all that live. It is good to praise
God, and
exalt his name, and honourably to
shew forth the works of
God; therefore be not
slack to praise him.
It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to
reveal the works of
God. Do that which is good, and no evil shall touch you.
Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to
reveal the works of
God.
And now
God hath sent me to
heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law.
But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore.
For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.
Now therefore give
God thanks: for I go up to him that sent me; but write all things which are done in a book.
Then they
confessed the great and wonderful works of
God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them.
Then
Tobit wrote a prayer of
rejoicing, and said, Blessed be
God that liveth for ever, and blessed be his kingdom.
There declare his greatness, and
extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the
God our Father for ever.
I will
extol my
God, and my soul shall praise the King of heaven, and shall
rejoice in his greatness.
Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.
Let my soul
bless God the great King.
And all her streets shall say,
Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be
God, which hath
extolled it for ever.
So
Tobit made an end of praising
God.
And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave
alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord
God, and praised him.
Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which
Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be
desolate, and the house of
God in it shall be burned, and shall be
desolate for a time;
And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord
God truly, and shall
bury their idols.
So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall
confess God, and the Lord shall
exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord
God in truth and justice shall
rejoice,
shewing mercy to our brethren.
Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.
Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God:
Then every man of Israel
cried to
God with great
fervency, and with great
vehemency did they humble their souls:
And
cried to the
God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a
spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to
profanation and reproach, and for the nations to
rejoice at.
So
God heard their prayers, and looked upon their afflictions: for the people fasted many days in all
Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord
Almighty.
For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the
God of heaven, the
God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their
gods, and they fled into
Mesopotamia, and
sojourned there many days.
Then their
God commanded them to depart from the place where they
sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
Then they
cried unto their
God, and he
smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
And God dried the Red sea before them,
And whilst they
sinned not before their
God, they
prospered, because the
God that hateth iniquity was with them.
But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very
sore, and were led
captives into a land that was not their’s, and the temple of their
God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
But now are they returned to their
God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was
desolate.
Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error against this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.
But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.
And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast
prophesied against us as to day, and hast said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their
God will defend them? and who is
God but Nabuchodonosor?
He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their
God shall not deliver them: but we his servants will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to
sustain the power of our horses.
Then the people fell down and worshipped
God, and
cried unto
God. saying,
O Lord
God of heaven, behold their pride, and
pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are
sanctified unto thee this day.
And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
Then the children of Israel
cried unto the Lord their
God, because their heart failed, for all their enemies had compassed them round about, and there was no way to escape out from among them.
God be judge between us and you: for ye have done us great injury, in that ye have not required peace of the children of Assur.
For now we have no helper: but
God hath sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with
thirst and great destruction.
We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth, and our God and Lord of our fathers, which punisheth us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers, that he do not according as we have said this day.
Then there was great
weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they
cried unto the Lord
God with a loud voice.
Then said Ozias to them, Brethren, be of good courage, let us yet
endure five days, in the which space the Lord our
God may turn his mercy toward us; for he will not
forsake us utterly.
And there was none that gave her an ill word; as she feared God greatly.
And they came unto her, and she said unto them, Hear me now, O ye governors of the inhabitants of Bethulia: for your words that ye have spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this oath which ye made and pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turn to help you.
And now who are ye that have
tempted God this day, and stand instead of
God among the children of men?
For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out
God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or
comprehend his purpose?
Nay, my brethren,
provoke not the Lord our
God to anger.
Do not bind the counsels of the Lord our
God: for
God is not as man, that he may be threatened; neither is he as the son of man, that he should be
wavering.
For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship
gods made with hands, as hath been
aforetime.
But we know none other
god, therefore we trust that he will not
despise us, nor any of our nation.
For our
servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the Lord our
God shall turn it to dishonour.
Moreover let us give
thanks to the Lord our
God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a
godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall
faint no more.
Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord
God be before thee, to take
vengeance on our enemies.
And hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be
captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy
dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and
abhorred the
pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O
God, O my
God, hear me also a widow.
For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong men: for thou art a
God of the
afflicted, an helper of the
oppressed, an
upholder of the weak, a
protector of the
forlorn, a saviour of them that are without hope.
I pray thee, I pray thee, O
God of my father, and
God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth,
Creator of the waters, king of every creature, hear thou my prayer:
And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou.
Now after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel, and had made an end of all these words.
The
God, the
God of our fathers give thee favour, and
accomplish thine enterprizes to the glory of the children of Israel, and to the
exaltation of Jerusalem. Then they worshipped
God.
And if thou
wilt follow the words of thine
handmaid,
God will bring the thing perfectly to pass by thee; and my lord shall not fail of his purposes.
Therefore, O lord and governor, respect not his word; but lay it up in thine heart, for it is true: for our nation shall not be punished, neither can sword prevail against them, except they sin against their God.
And now, that my lord be not defeated and
frustrate of his purpose, even death is now fallen upon them, and their sin hath overtaken them,
wherewith they will
provoke their
God to anger
whensoever they shall do that which is not fit to be done:
For their
victuals fail them, and all their water is
scant, and they have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to
consume all those things, that
God hath forbidden them to eat by his laws:
And are resolved to
spend the firstfruits of the tenths of wine and oil, which they had
sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our
God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
Wherefore I thine
handmaid, knowing all this, am fled from their presence; and
God hath sent me to work things with thee,
whereat all the earth shall be
astonished, and
whosoever shall hear it.
For thy servant is religious, and serveth the God of heaven day and night: now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy servant will go out by night into the valley, and I will pray unto God, and he will tell me when they have committed their sins:
Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.