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Definition and General Understanding:
The term "practise" in a biblical context generally refers to the act of performing or carrying out actions consistently, often with the implication of moral or spiritual discipline. It involves the habitual application of principles or teachings, particularly those found in Scripture. Practise is not merely about external actions but also encompasses the internalization of God's commandments and living them out in daily life.

Old Testament Context:
In the Old Testament, the concept of practising God's commandments is central to the covenant relationship between God and His people. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 emphasizes the importance of internalizing and practising God's laws: "These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Here, practise involves both personal adherence and the teaching of God's laws to the next generation.

The Psalms often reflect on the blessedness of those who practise righteousness. Psalm 106:3 states, "Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times." This verse highlights the continuous nature of practising righteousness as a way of life that aligns with God's will.

New Testament Context:
In the New Testament, the concept of practise is closely linked to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Jesus Himself emphasized the importance of practising His teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 7:24 , He says, "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Practise, in this sense, is equated with wisdom and stability, as it involves not just hearing but also acting upon Jesus' words.

The Apostle Paul frequently exhorts believers to practise their faith through love and good deeds. In Philippians 4:9 , Paul writes, "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." Here, practise is associated with the peace of God, suggesting that living out the teachings of the faith brings spiritual harmony and divine presence.

Moral and Ethical Implications:
Practising one's faith is a recurring theme in the ethical teachings of the Bible. James 1:22 admonishes believers, "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." This verse underscores the danger of self-deception when one fails to practise what they profess to believe. The emphasis is on the integrity of faith, where belief and action are inseparable.

The Apostle John also addresses the importance of practising righteousness as evidence of one's relationship with God. In 1 John 3:7 , he writes, "Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous." Practise, therefore, is a reflection of one's true spiritual state and alignment with God's character.

Practical Application:
In practical terms, practising the teachings of the Bible involves a daily commitment to live according to God's Word. This includes personal devotion, ethical behavior, and active participation in the life of the church. Practise is seen as a means of spiritual growth and maturity, as believers are called to continually align their lives with the teachings of Christ and the apostles.

The concept of practise in the Bible is not limited to individual piety but extends to community life and social justice. Believers are encouraged to practise hospitality, generosity, and compassion, reflecting the love of Christ in their interactions with others. Practise, therefore, is both a personal and communal endeavor, aimed at embodying the kingdom of God on earth.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t. & i.) See Practice.

Greek

4291. proistemi -- early
... maintain, be over, rule. From pro and histemi; to stand before, ie (in rank) to
preside, or (by implication) to practise -- maintain, be over, rule. ...
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4203. porneuo -- to commit fornication
... From porne; to act the harlot, ie (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex),
or (figuratively) practise idolatry -- commit (fornication). ...
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1128. gumnazo -- to exercise naked, to train
... exercise, train. From gumnos; to practise naked (in the games), ie Train (figuratively) --
exercise. see GREEK gumnos. (gegumnasmena) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4238. prasso -- to do, practice
... A primary verb; to "practise", ie Perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing
from poieo, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6049. anan -- to practice soothsaying
... A primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from anan, to cloud over;
figuratively, to act covertly, ie Practise magic -- X bring, enchanter ...
/hebrew/6049.htm - 5k

3784. kashaph -- to practice sorcery
... sorcerer, use witchcraft. A primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, ie To
inchant or practise magic -- sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft). 3783, 3784. ...
/hebrew/3784.htm - 6k

7750. sut -- to swerve, fall away
... Or (by permutation) cuwt {soot}; a primitive root; to detrude, ie (intransitively
and figuratively) become derelict (wrongly practise; namely, idolatry ...
/hebrew/7750.htm - 6k

2790. charash -- to cut in, engrave, plow, devise
... X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking,
hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep ...
/hebrew/2790.htm - 6k

6466. paal -- do, make
... A primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
-- commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er). 6465, 6466. ...
/hebrew/6466.htm - 6k

5953. alal -- to act severely
... in a bad sense) to overdo, ie Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal) --
abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work ...
/hebrew/5953.htm - 5k

Library

Some Scriptures for Daily Practise.
... SOME SCRIPTURES FOR DAILY PRACTISE. ... Practise daily the above text. "In everything
give thanks." 1:Thess.5:18. "Giving thanks always for all things." Eph.5:20. ...
/.../orr/how to live a holy life/some scriptures for daily practise.htm

Of the Men who Practise a False Vacancy
... THE BOOK OF SUPREME TRUTH CHAPTER IV. OF THE MEN WHO PRACTISE A FALSE VACANCY.
Behold, such folk, by means of a onefold simplification ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter iv of the men.htm

I Began Then Diligently to Practise that for which I came to Rome. ...
... Book V Chapter XII I began then diligently to practise that for which
I came to Rome? I began then diligently to practise that ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xii i began then.htm

How we Practise the Love of Benevolence in the Praises which Our ...
... BENEVOLENCE. CHAPTER XI. HOW WE PRACTISE THE LOVE OF BENEVOLENCE IN THE
PRAISES WHICH OUR SAVIOUR AND HIS MOTHER GIVE TO GOD. We ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xi how we practise.htm

A Continuation of the Preceding Discourse. How Every One, While ...
... HOW EVERY ONE, WHILE BOUND TO LOVE, IS NOT BOUND TO PRACTISE, ALL THE EVANGELICAL
COUNSELS, AND YET HOW EVERY ONE SHOULD PRACTISE WHAT HE IS ABLE. ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix a continuation of.htm

If Unveiling be Proper, Why not Practise it Always, Out of the ...
... Chapter XIII."If Unveiling Be Proper, Why Not Practise It Always, Out
of the Church as Well as in It? If on account of men [318 ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter xiii if unveiling be proper.htm

The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus ...
... Book VII. Chapter XX."The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning
Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xx the heresy of carpocrates.htm

Having once Studied These Principles You are Eternally to Practise ...
... THE FOURTH CENTURY 94 Having once studied these principles you are eternally
to practise them. Having once studied these principles ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/94 having once studied these.htm

That None Should Enter on a Place of Government who Practise not ...
... ROME, Chapter II. That none should enter on a place of government who practise
not in life what they have learnt by study. There are ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter ii that none should.htm

Children Devoted to God, Gen. 17 7 10 Acts 16 14 15 33 (For those ...
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:121. Children devoted to God, Gen. 17. 7 10. Acts
16. 14 15 33. (For those who practise infant Baptism.). 1 ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 125694444 children devoted to.htm

Thesaurus

Practise (52 Occurrences)
... (vt & i.) See Practice. Multi-Version Concordance Practise (52 Occurrences). ... (DBY).
John 15:14 Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you. (DBY). ...
/p/practise.htm - 22k

Practice (71 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:25 For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise,
but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become ...
/p/practice.htm - 28k

Practicing (6 Occurrences)
... Romans 7:15 for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will,
this I practise, but what I hate, this I do. (See NAS). ...
/p/practicing.htm - 8k

Practised (13 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these
abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile ...
/p/practised.htm - 10k

Fornicators (8 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But as for cowards and the unfaithful, and the polluted, and murderers,
fornicators, and those who practise magic or worship idols, and all ...
/f/fornicators.htm - 9k

Consent (34 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that ...
/c/consent.htm - 18k

Actions (62 Occurrences)
... though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such
as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even ...
/a/actions.htm - 24k

Idols (186 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But as for cowards and the unfaithful, and the polluted, and murderers,
fornicators, and those who practise magic or worship idols, and all ...
/i/idols.htm - 37k

Augury (5 Occurrences)
... Augury (5 Occurrences). Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat anything with the blood:
neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury. (ASV RSV). ...
/a/augury.htm - 17k

Magic (12 Occurrences)
... For thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and with the magic which
thou didst practise all nations were led astray. (WEY NIV). ...
/m/magic.htm - 29k

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Practise (52 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:19
Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.
(Root in WEY DBY)

Matthew 13:41
The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness;
(DBY)

John 7:17
If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself.
(DBY)

John 15:14
Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
(DBY)

Acts 16:21
They are Jews, and are teaching customs which we, as Romans, are not permitted to adopt or practise."
(WEY DBY)

Romans 1:28
And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
(DBY)

Romans 1:32
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
(WEY ASV DBY)

Romans 2:1
Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.
(ASV YLT)

Romans 2:2
And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.
(ASV)

Romans 2:3
And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
(ASV DBY)

Romans 2:14
For when those of the nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;
(DBY)

Romans 2:25
For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.
(YLT)

Romans 3:8
and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just.
(DBY)

Romans 7:15
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
(ASV DBY YLT)

Romans 7:16
But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right.
(DBY)

Romans 7:19
For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
(ASV DBY YLT)

Romans 7:20
But if what I do not will, this I practise, it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
(DBY)

Romans 7:21
I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.
(DBY)

Romans 12:13
Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.
(WEY)

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
(DBY)

1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 12:21
lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.
(Root in DBY YLT)

Galatians 3:10
All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them."
(WEY)

Galatians 5:21
envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
(ASV)

Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 4:15
Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
(WEY)

2 Peter 1:10
For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.
(WEY)

1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
(DBY)

1 John 3:9
Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
(DBY)

1 John 3:10
In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.
(DBY)

1 John 3:22
and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.
(DBY)

Revelation 18:23
Never again shall the light of a lamp shine in thee, and never again shall the voice of a bridegroom or of a bride be heard in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and with the magic which thou didst practise all nations were led astray.
(WEY)

Revelation 21:8
But as for cowards and the unfaithful, and the polluted, and murderers, fornicators, and those who practise magic or worship idols, and all liars--the portion allotted to them shall be in the Lake which burns with fire and sulphur. This is the Second Death."
(WEY)

Revelation 22:11
Let the dishonest man act dishonestly still; let the filthy make himself filthy still; let the righteous practise righteousness still; and let the holy be made holy still."
(WEY DBY)

Revelation 22:15
The unclean are shut out, and so are all who practise magic, all fornicators, all murderers, and those who worship idols, and every one who loves falsehood and tells lies.
(WEY)

Leviticus 18:30
Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
(ASV)

Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.
(See JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 19:29
Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
(ASV)

1 Kings 6:12
As to this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and practise mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then will I perform my word as to thee which I spoke unto David thy father;
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 14:4
and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.
(DBY)

Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
(KJV ASV DBY)

Isaiah 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Jeremiah 11:15
What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing that the more part practise their evil devices, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.
(DBY)

Daniel 8:24
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
(KJV DBY)

Daniel 11:17
And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall practise; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.
(DBY)

Daniel 11:28
And he shall return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall practise, and return to his own land.
(DBY)

Daniel 11:39
And he will practise in the strongholds of fortresses with a strange +god: whoso acknowledgeth him will he increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over the many, and shall divide the land to them for a reward.
(DBY)

Hosea 7:1
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers assaileth without.
(DBY)

Hosea 7:4
They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring the fire after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
(DBY)

Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
(KJV ASV DBY)

Subtopics

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