'O God' in the Bible

But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God.

And they, upon hearing the story, all lifted up their voices to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord, it is Thou who didst make Heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them,

While it remained unsold, was not the land your own? And when sold, was it not at your own disposal? How is it that you have cherished this design in your heart? It is not to men you have told this lie, but to God."

So God turned from them and gave them up to the worship of the Host of Heaven, as it is written in the Book of the Prophets, "'Were they victims and sacrifices which you offered Me, forty years in the Desert, O House of Israel?

He was religious and God-fearing--and so was every member of his household. He was also liberal in his charities to the people, and continually offered prayer to God.

This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."

So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf.

Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the glory to God, and being eaten up by worms, he died.

"My judgement, therefore, is against inflicting unexpected annoyance on those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

"This man," they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.

And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.

This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.

that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'

but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.

"My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am--except these chains."

Having said this he took some bread, and, after giving thanks to God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.