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The term "require" in the Bible often conveys the idea of a demand or expectation placed upon individuals by God or by human authorities. It is used in various contexts, including moral, legal, and spiritual obligations. The concept of requirement underscores the accountability of individuals to adhere to divine commands and societal laws.

Divine Requirements

In the Old Testament, God frequently outlines His requirements for His people, emphasizing obedience and faithfulness. One of the most notable passages is Micah 6:8, which succinctly summarizes what God requires: "He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" . This verse highlights the ethical and relational aspects of God's expectations, focusing on justice, mercy, and humility.

The Mosaic Law also contains numerous requirements, ranging from ceremonial practices to moral laws. Deuteronomy 10:12-13 states, "And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?" . Here, the requirements are comprehensive, encompassing reverence, love, service, and obedience.

Human Requirements

In addition to divine requirements, the Bible also addresses human-imposed requirements, often in the context of governance and societal order. Romans 13:1-7 discusses the role of governing authorities and the believer's responsibility to submit to them, as they are instituted by God. Verse 7 specifically states, "Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due" . This passage underscores the necessity of fulfilling civic duties as part of one's Christian witness.

Spiritual Requirements

The New Testament shifts the focus from the external adherence to the Law to the internal transformation through faith in Christ. Jesus, in His teachings, often challenged the Pharisees and religious leaders who imposed heavy burdens on the people without addressing the heart's condition. In Matthew 23:23, Jesus criticizes them, saying, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin, but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former" . Here, Jesus emphasizes that true spiritual requirements are not merely ritualistic but are deeply rooted in justice, mercy, and faithfulness.

Eternal Requirements

The Bible also speaks of eternal requirements, particularly concerning salvation and eternal life. In John 6:28-29, when asked by the crowd what works God requires, Jesus answers, "The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent" . This highlights that the ultimate requirement for eternal life is faith in Jesus Christ, the One whom God has sent.

In summary, the concept of "require" in the Bible encompasses a range of expectations from God and human authorities, focusing on obedience, justice, mercy, and faith. These requirements are integral to the believer's relationship with God and their conduct in the world.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

2. (v. t.) To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

3. (v. t.) To ask as a favor; to request.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REQUIRE

re-kwir': "Require" meant originally "seek after," whence "ask," and so (as in modern English) "demand." All meanings are common in the King James Version (e.g. 1 Samuel 21:8 Ecclesiastes 3:15 Ezra 8:22 1 Corinthians 4:2), and the Revised Version (British and American) has made little change.

Greek

4238. prasso -- to do, practice
... to do, practice. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prasso Phonetic Spelling:
(pras'-so) Short Definition: I do, fare, require Definition: I do, perform ...
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523. apaiteo -- to ask back
... ask again, require. From apo and aiteo; to demand back -- ask again, require.
see GREEK apo. see GREEK aiteo. (apaitei) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1567. ekzeteo -- to seek out, demand, inquire
... seek out, demand, inquire. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekzeteo Phonetic
Spelling: (ek-zay-teh'-o) Short Definition: I seek out, require Definition: I ...
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2212. zeteo -- to seek
... Transliteration: zeteo Phonetic Spelling: (dzay-teh'-o) Short Definition: I seek,
search for, desire Definition: I seek, search for, desire, require, demand. ...
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1096. ginomai -- to come into being, to happen, to become
... be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be
ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be ...
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3667. homoioma -- that which is made like (something)
... 3667 ("resemblance") does require one element of a comparison to be from
the other; indeed, it can be wholly separate from it. Rather ...
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3101. mathetes -- a disciple
... 3101 (from -, the " needed to think something through") -- properly, a ; a , a who
they require; someone catechized with proper instruction from the Bible with ...
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4326. prosdeomai -- to want further
... need. From pros and deomai; to require additionally, ie Want further -- need. see
GREEK pros. see GREEK deomai. (prosdeomenos) -- 1 Occurrence. 4325, 4326. ...
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154. aiteo -- to ask, request
... ask, beg, call for, crave, desire. Of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive
case) -- ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare punthanomai. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1875. darash -- to resort to, seek
... demand (1), inquire (33), inquired (5), inquirer (1), investigate (3), investigated
(1), looks (2), making inquiry (1), questioned (1), require (7), required (1 ...
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7593. sheel -- to ask
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to shaal Definition to ask NASB Word Usage asked
(3), demands (1), inquired (1), require (1). ask, demand, require. ...
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977. bachar -- to choose
... Word Usage choice (6), choicest (2), choose (40), chooses (22), choosing (1), chose
(21), chosen (67), desired (2), men (1), preferred (1), require (1), select ...
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1245. baqash -- to seek
... desire (1), eager (1), hold* (1), inquired (2), investigated (1), look (3), looked
(1), looking (3), plead (1), pursuit (1), request (2), require (7), required ...
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5169. nachats -- perhaps to urge
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition perhaps to urge NASB Word Usage urgent (1).
require haste. A primitive root; to be urgent -- require haste. 5168, 5169. ...
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7592. shaal -- to ask, inquire
... inquires (1), making (2), medium* (1), pray (1), questioned (2), questioned
particularly (1), request (2), request* (1), requested (7), require (1), required ( ...
/hebrew/7592.htm - 6k

2803. chashab -- to think, account
... 2), planned (3), planning (5), plans (4), plotted (1), pondered (1), purposed (3),
reckoned (10), regard (1), regarded (8), regards (1), require an accounting ...
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559. amar -- to utter, say
... ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed,
X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak ...
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1961. hayah -- to fall out, come to pass, become, be
... come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint,
fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use. ...
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Library

Effects Require Causes
... EFFECTS REQUIRE CAUSES. NOTHING that happens in the world happens by chance.
God is a God of order. Everything is arranged upon definite ...
/.../the greatest thing in the world and other addresses/effects require causes.htm

What Does God Require in the Fifth Commandment?
... Lord's Day 39 Question 104 What does God require in the fifth commandment?
What does God require in the fifth commandment? That ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 104 what does god.htm

What Does God Require in the Fourth Commandment?
... Lord's Day 38 Question 103 What does God require in the fourth commandment?
What does God require in the fourth commandment? First ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 103 what does god.htm

What Does God Require in the Sixth Commandment?
... Lord's Day 40 Question 105 What does God require in the sixth commandment?
What does God require in the sixth commandment? That ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 105 what does god.htm

What Does God Require in the Second Commandment?
... Lord's Day 35 Question 96 What does God require in the second commandment?
What does God require in the second commandment? That ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 96 what does god.htm

What Doth God Require of Us, that we May Escape his Wrath and ...
... Question 85: What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath
and curse due to us for sin? A85: To escape the wrath and ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster shorter catechism/question 85 0 0 what doth god.htm

But what Does God Require in this Commandment?
... Lord's Day 42 Question 111 But what does God require in this commandment?
But what does God require in this commandment? That I ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 111 but what does.htm

What Does the Tenth Commandment Require of Us?
... Lord's Day 44 Question 113 What does the tenth commandment require of us?
What does the tenth commandment require of us? That even ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 113 what does the.htm

What Does God Require of Us, that we May Escape his Wrath and ...
... Question 153: What does God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and
curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law? ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster larger catechism/question 153 0 0 what does god.htm

Before his Fall, Adam had not the Power to Believe, Because There ...
... ARTICLE XIX Before his fall, Adam had not the power to believe, because there was
no necessity for faith; God, therefore, could not require faith from him ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/article xix before his fall.htm

Thesaurus

Require (46 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority;
to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. ...REQUIRE. ...
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Accountable (10 Occurrences)
... nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. ...
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Demand (34 Occurrences)
... in a peremptory manner; to question. 3. (vt) To require as necessary or useful;
to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. ...
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Lifeblood (6 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every
beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every ...
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Reckoning (32 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 9:5 I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the
hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of ...
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Accounting (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV). Genesis 9:5 I will surely require your blood of your lives.
At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand ...
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Warn (35 Occurrences)
... nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. ...
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Animal (163 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY). Genesis 9:5 I will surely require your blood of your lives.
At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand ...
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Govern (21 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun
in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive ...
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Requires (21 Occurrences)
... nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant,
and the cause of His people Israel, as every day shall require; (See NAS ...
/r/requires.htm - 12k

Resources

Why does God require faith? Why doesn't God "prove" Himself to us so there is no need for faith? | GotQuestions.org

Why did the sacrificial system require a blood sacrifice? | GotQuestions.org

Does the Bible require the death penalty for homosexuality? | GotQuestions.org

Require: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Require (46 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:12
He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick.
(WEY)

Mark 2:17
Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."
(WEY)

Luke 5:31
But Jesus replied to them, "It is not men in good health who require a physician, but the sick.
(WEY)

Luke 12:20
"But God said to him,'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared-whose will they be?'
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 13:29
Some, however, supposed that because Judas had the money-box Jesus meant, "Buy what we require for the Festival," or that he should give something to the poor.
(WEY)

Romans 16:2
that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
(See RSV)

1 Corinthians 1:22
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
(KJV WBS)

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS)

1 Corinthians 12:24
whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
(See RSV)

Titus 1:5
I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;
(WEY)

Titus 3:13
Help Zenas the lawyer forward on his journey with special care, and Apollos, so that they may have all they require.
(WEY)

Hebrews 5:12
For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.
(WEY)

Genesis 9:5
I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:39
That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 43:9
I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 5:8
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying,'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
(WEB NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:12
Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 15:2
This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 18:19
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 22:2
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 23:21
When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 20:16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

2 Samuel 3:13
He said, "Good; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you. That is, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Samuel 4:11
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 19:38
The king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

1 Kings 8:59
Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 12:15
Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:3
Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezra 6:9
That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
(See RSV)

Ezra 7:21
I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Nehemiah 5:12
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Job 3:4
That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
(YLT)

Psalms 10:4
The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.
(See JPS ASV)

Psalms 10:13
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 3:18
When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 3:20
Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 18:16
neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 20:40
For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 33:8
When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 34:10
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 8:15
And it cometh to pass in my seeing -- I, Daniel -- the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me 'is' as the appearance of a mighty one.
(YLT)

Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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