but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
the LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Therefore has the LORD watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
"Lord the LORD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
not of works, that no one would boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Then Mordecai thought upon all the works of the Lord and made his prayer unto him, saying,
to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"
For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
the LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
the LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also worked all our works for us.
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?
"For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
and it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but are the works of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
Now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
Please inquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
"Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
"Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
His brothers therefore said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
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