'Makes' in the Bible

The Lord said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.'"

Whoever makes anything like it, to use as perfume, will be cut off from his people."

The law is the same for the sin offering and the guilt offering; it belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,

Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to the her, "The Lord make you an attested curse among your people, if the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;

"This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation."

but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you sick, because you have despised the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we ever come out of Egypt?"'"

If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image -- something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman -- and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

But the grapevine said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!'

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated."

She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."

The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves."

For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!"

The woman said, "Why have you devised something like this against God's people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

Pharaoh said to him, "What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?" Hadad replied, "Nothing, but please give me permission to leave."

For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.'"

As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, 'He's not here,' he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you.

This is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation who reaches out to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!"

Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.

he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.

For he says, 'It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.'

who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure."

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek."

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

A wise person's heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

A person's wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

She makes for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble -- to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: "Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.

Now the Lord makes this announcement: "Within exactly three years Moab's splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left."

At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city! The Lord's deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.

this is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you -- she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.

Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.

A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.

He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!'

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.'

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, 'The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.'

Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.