1,594 verses contain “make” (in the KJV: 1,327, in the BSB: 786) — showing 701–800
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
The
proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a
foolish son grief to his mother.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a
slack hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich.
Idle hands
make one poor, but
diligent hands bring wealth.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope
deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Fools
make a
mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Fools
mock the making of
amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
A
merry heart
maketh a
cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
A joyful heart
makes a
cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
A wise son
maketh a
glad father: but a
foolish man despiseth his mother.
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a
foolish man despises his mother.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his
Maker: and he that is
glad at
calamities shall not be unpunished.
He who mocks the poor insults their
Maker;
whoever gloats over
calamity will not go unpunished.
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
It is a
snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to
make enquiry.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Make no friendship with an
angry man; and with a
furious man thou shalt not go:
Do not
make friends with an
angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly
make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
When you
glance at wealth, it disappears, for it
makes wings for itself and
flies like an eagle to the sky.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Only with sound guidance should you
wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Prepare thy work without, and
make it fit for
thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
My son, be wise, and
make my heart
glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
The conies are but a feeble
folk, yet
make they their houses in the rocks;
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
She
maketh herself coverings of
tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set
eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot
fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
When thou vowest a
vow unto God,
defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast
vowed.
When you
make a
vow to God, do not delay in
fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools.
Fulfill your
vow.
Better is it that thou shouldest not
vow, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.
Surely oppression
maketh a wise man
mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Consider the work of God: for who can
make that straight, which he hath made
crooked?
Consider the work of God: Who can
straighten what He has bent?
Be not righteous over much; neither
make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy
thyself?
Do not be overly righteous, and do not
make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy
yourself?
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom
maketh his face to
shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the
sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the
sinner; as it is for the one who
makes a
vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a
vow.
A feast is made for
laughter, and wine
maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
A feast is prepared for
laughter, and wine
makes life
merry, but money is the answer for everything.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the
womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who
maketh all.
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s
womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the
Maker of all things.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou
makest thy flock to rest at
noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at
midday? Why should I be like a
veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
We will
make you ornaments of gold,
studded with beads of silver.
Until the day break, and the shadows
flee away, I will get me to the mountain of
myrrh, and to the hill of
frankincense.
Before the day breaks and the shadows
flee, I will
make my way to the mountain of
myrrh and to the hill of
frankincense.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a
roe or to a young
hart upon the mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved, and be like a
gazelle or a young
stag on the mountains of spices.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you:
yea, when ye
make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not
listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
And the strong shall be as
tow, and the
maker of it as a
spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall
quench them.
The strong man will become
tinder and his work will be a
spark; both will burn together, with no one to
quench the flames.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
In that day shall he
swear, saying, I will not be an
healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing:
make me not a ruler of the people.
On that day he will cry
aloud: “I am not a
healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not
make me leader of the people!”
Therefore the LORD will
smite with a
scab the crown of the head of the daughters of
Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of
Zion, and the LORD will
make their foreheads bare.”
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be
pruned, nor
digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
I will
make it a wasteland, neither
pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
That say, Let him
make speed, and
hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw
nigh and come, that we may know it!
to those who say, “Let Him
hurry and
hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Make the heart of this people fat, and
make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be
healed.
Make the hearts of this people calloused;
deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be
healed.”
Let us go up against Judah, and
vex it, and let us
make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
‘Let us
invade Judah,
terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can
install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
To turn aside the
needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may
rob the fatherless!
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and
withhold justice from the
oppressed of My people, to
make widows their prey and orphans their
plunder.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he
shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and
make men go over
dryshod.
The LORD will
devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a
scorching wind He will
sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry
sandals.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people,
make mention that his name is
exalted.
and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD;
proclaim His name!
Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is
exalted.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with
fury and burning anger— to
make the earth a
desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
I will
make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of
Ophir.
I will
make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of
Ophir.
Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Therefore I will
make the heavens
tremble, and the earth will be
shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no
nomad will pitch his tent there, no
shepherd will rest his flock there.
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them
captives, whose
captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The nations will
escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will
make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to
greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It
makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
I will
ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will
make myself like the Most High.”
I will also
make it a possession for the
bittern, and pools of water: and I will
sweep it with the
besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
“I will
make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will
sweep her away with the
broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Take counsel,
execute judgment;
make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the
noonday; hide the outcasts;
bewray not him that wandereth.
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at
noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not
betray the one who flees.
The cities of Aroer are
forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall
make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are
forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
In the day shalt thou
make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou
make thy seed to
flourish: but the harvest shall be a
heap in the day of grief and of
desperate sorrow.
though on the day you plant you
make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed
sprout— yet the harvest will
vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
Woe to the multitude of many people, which
make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the
rushing of nations, that
make a
rushing like the
rushing of mighty waters!
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
The workers in cloth will be
dejected, and all the
hired workers will be sick at heart.
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will
tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has
planned against it.
And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and
oblation;
yea, they shall
vow a
vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
The LORD will
make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will
make vows to the LORD and
fulfill them.
Ye made also a
ditch between the two walls for the water of the old
pool: but ye have not looked unto the
maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
You built a
reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient
pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who
planned it long ago.
Take an
harp, go about the city, thou
harlot that hast been forgotten;
make sweet
melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
“Take up your
harp,
stroll through the city, O forgotten
harlot.
Make sweet
melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
Behold, the LORD
maketh the earth empty, and
maketh it waste, and turneth it
upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and
scatter its inhabitants—
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts
make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the
lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the
lees well refined.
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a
banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we
confess.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them
make peace with Me—
yes, let them
make peace with Me.”
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be
purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he
maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in
sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be
atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he
makes all the altar stones like
crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will
shew them no favour.
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for
kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their
Maker has no
compassion on them, and their
Creator shows them no favor.
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he
make to understand doctrine? them that are
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just
weaned from milk? To
babies removed from the breast?
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in
Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be
shaken.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the
hail shall
sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
I will
make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level.
Hail will
sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Surely your turning of things
upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
You have turned things
upside down, as if the
potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not
make me”? Can the pottery say of the
potter, “He has no understanding”?
That
make a man an
offender for a word, and lay a
snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of
nought.
those who
indict a man with a word, who
ensnare the
mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
For the
vile person will speak
villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to
practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to
make empty the soul of the
hungry, and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to fail.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and
make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O
traitor never
betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished
betraying, you will be
betrayed.
There shall the great
owl make her nest, and lay, and
hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her
mate.
There the
owl will
make her nest; she will lay and
hatch her eggs and gather her
brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its
mate.
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Now, therefore,
make a
bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Neither let
Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Do not let
Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
Hearken not to
Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,
Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own
cistern;
Do not
listen to
Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says:
Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own
cistern,