'God' in the Bible

They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"

A song, a psalm of David. I am determined, O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, the valley of Succoth I will measure off.

Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!

Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord -- before the God of Jacob,

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"

Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!

You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

who serve in the Lord's temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures!

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

I say to the Lord, "You are my God." O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!

I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!

Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength!

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

I thought to myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, "It was a mistake!" Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?"

Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God!

I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor -- instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated -- no one knows what lies ahead.

Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

"Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous."

So Isaiah replied, "Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer."

This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:

Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten -- two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches," says the Lord God of Israel.

For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left." Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.

At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"

O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.

His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.