'Works' in the Bible

And Moses said, "In this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; [it is] not from my heart.

'Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand, for what god [is there] in the heaven or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds?

Only the trees that you know {are not fruit trees} you may destroy and you may cut down, and you may build siege works against that city that is making war with you {until it falls}."

And [on] the capitals which [were] on top of the pillars in the porch [were] works of lilies four cubits [high].

and on the frames which [were] between the crossbars [were] lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the crossbars both above and beneath the lions and oxen [were] works of cascading wreaths.

because they have abandoned me and they have burned incense to other gods, provoking me to anger with all of the works of their hands. My wrath shall be kindled against this place and not be quenched.'"

It happened that in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his army, against Jerusalem. He encamped against it and built siege works against it all around.

Sing to him; sing praises to him; tell of his wondrous works!

Remember his wonderful works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,

Proclaim his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among the peoples!

but he sought after the God of his ancestors and walked in his commandments and not according to the works of Israel.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because of your joining with Ahaziah, Yahweh will break down your works." And the ships were destroyed and were not able to go to Tarshish.

"Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: 'On what [are] you relying that [you are] dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?

And they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the works of the hands of humankind.

And this same Hezekiah blocked off the flow of the waters of the upper Gihon, and directed them down the west [side] of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands. And my wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.'

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to their works, and also Noadiah the prophetess, and the remainder of the prophets who were frightening me.

{When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].

Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

"Hear this, Job; stand [still] and consider carefully God's wondrous works.

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

You make him over the works of your hands; all [things] you have placed under his feet:

As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent.

Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them.

he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works.

Come, see the works of Yahweh, who has placed desolations on the earth.

Say to God, "How awesome are your works! Because of the greatness of your strength, your enemies will cringe before you.

Come and {consider} the works of God; [he is] awesome [in his] dealings with the children of humankind.

But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.

And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.

You [are] the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.

Tell his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Bless Yahweh, all his works, in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul.

How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.

May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works,

Sing to him; sing praises concerning him; tell of all his wonderful works.

Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and [so] they rebelled by [the] sea at {the Red Sea}.

They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

but they mingled with the nations and learned their works,

And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds.

and let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his works with rejoicing.

they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in [the] deep.

The works of Yahweh [are] great, studied by all [who] delight [in] them.

He has declared the power of his works for his people, by giving to them [the] inheritance of [the] nations.

The works of his hands [are] faithfulness and justice; all his precepts [are] reliable.

I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.

Yahweh accomplishes [things] for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love [endures] forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.

I praise you, because I am fearfully [and] wonderfully [made]. Wonderful [are] your works, and my soul knows [it] well.

One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds.

Yahweh [is] good to all, and his mercies [are] over all his works.

All your works will praise you, O Yahweh, and your faithful ones will bless you.

Yahweh [is] righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

The life of a worker works for him, for his {hunger} urges him.

She seeks wool and flax, and she works with the diligence of {her hands}.

Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.

I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.

Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

[There was] a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.

Yahweh, you will establish peace for us, for you have done even all of our works for us.

Look! All of them [are] deception; their works [are] nothing; their images [are] wind and emptiness.

[The] {ironsmith} works in the coals [with his] tool and forms it with hammers. And he makes it with {his strong arm}; indeed, he becomes hungry, and {he lacks} strength; he does not drink water, and he is faint.

I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.

Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.

"And I--their works and thoughts!--[am] about to come to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glory.

And I will pass my judgments on them because of all their wickedness [in] that they have forsaken me, and they made sacrifices to other gods, and they bowed in worship to the works of their hands.

Woe [to the one who] builds his house without righteousness, and his upper rooms without justice. His fellow countryman, he works for nothing, and he does not give to him his wages.

provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, to make smoke offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you [have] come to dwell as aliens, so as to cut off yourselves, and so that you are becoming as a curse, and as a disgrace among all the nations of the earth?

For because of your trusting in your works and in your treasures, even you yourselves will be taken, and Chemosh will go out into the exile, his priests and his officials together.

{And then} in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against Jerusalem, he and all his army. And they laid siege to it, and built siege works against it all around.

And you must build against it siege works, and you must build against it bulwark, and you must heap against it a siege ramp, and you must set up against it camps and put against it a battering ram all around.

In all of your dwellings, the cities will be desolate and the high places will be ruined, so that your altars will be desolate and will suffer punishment. Your idols will be broken and will come to an end, and your incense altars will be cut down, and your works will be destroyed,

And not with a great army and with a great crowd will Pharaoh work with him in the war, at the pouring out of a siege ramp and the building of siege works to destroy many lives.

In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put [up] battering rams, to open mouth for slaughter, {to raise the battle cry}, to put [up] battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.

Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield,

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works [are] truth, and his ways [are] justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

So Yahweh [has] kept watch over the calamity, and [now] he [has] brought it upon us. Indeed, Yahweh our God [is] righteous concerning all his works that he has done, but we have not listened to his voice.

For you have observed the regulations of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked in their counsels, so that I am making you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of scorn. So you will bear the scorn of my people.

O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you; O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works. In the midst of the years, revive it! In the midst of the years, make [it] known! In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.

In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

"But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them--the very works which I am doing--[these] testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"

So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing.

Jesus replied, "Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but [it happened] so that the works of God could be revealed in him.

Do you not believe that I [am] in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from myself, but the Father residing in me does his works.

Believe me that I [am] in the Father and the Father [is] in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.

Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater [works] than these because I am going to the Father.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

And they manufactured a calf in those days, and offered up a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.

who will reward each one according to his works:

For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.

Therefore, where [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.

just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},