'Display' in the Bible
"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.
because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.
I will display wonders in the heaven aboveand signs on the earth below:blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.
on the morrow, therefore -- on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered -- Paul was brought forth.
For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:I raised you up for this reasonso that I may display My power in youand that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?
for I made the decision to know nothing [that is, to forego philosophical or theological discussions regarding inconsequential things and opinions while] among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection].
My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.
Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles, now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"?
But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.
I beseech you not to compel me when present to make a bold display of the confidence with which I reckon I shall show my 'courage' against some who reckon that we are guided by worldly principles.
If boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness.
All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.
so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of God's wisdom.
And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, the first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal.
Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
In the same way, since it was God's desire to display more convincingly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable His purpose was,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Appearance (168 instances)
- Display (80 instances)
- Exhibit (13 instances)
- Expose (42 instances)
- Manifestation (16 instances)
- Ostentation (1 instance)
- Presentation (33 instances)
- Reveal (107 instances)
- Show (538 instances)
- Showing (85 instances)