Concordance
Seems (99 Occurrences)Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
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Luke 7:43
Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.
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Luke 8:18
So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.
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Luke 10:36
"Which of those three seems to you to have acted like a fellow man to him who fell among the robbers?"
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Luke 18:7
And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?
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Acts 2:15
For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;
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Acts 16:15
And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.
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Acts 25:27
For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."
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1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
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1 Corinthians 1:25
Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
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1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
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1 Corinthians 4:9
God, it seems to me, has exhibited us Apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; for we have come to be a spectacle to all creation--alike to angels and to men.
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1 Corinthians 7:36
But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.
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1 Corinthians 7:40
But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
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1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
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1 Corinthians 10:12
So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.
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1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's assemblies.
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1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 16:4
If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.
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2 Corinthians 3:10
For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.
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2 Corinthians 10:7
Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.
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2 Corinthians 11:17
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
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Hebrews 12:11
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
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James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
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2 Peter 1:13
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
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2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
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Genesis 16:6
And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
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Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
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Genesis 20:15
And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.
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Genesis 27:42
Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.
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Genesis 31:30
And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?
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Exodus 4:13
And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.
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Leviticus 13:3
And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.
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Leviticus 13:20
And after looking at it, if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is turned white, then the priest will say that the man is unclean: it is the leper's disease, it has come out in the bad place.
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Leviticus 13:25
The priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
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Leviticus 13:30
Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.
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Leviticus 14:35
then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
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Leviticus 14:37
And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;
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Deuteronomy 12:8
You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:
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Joshua 9:25
Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do."
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Joshua 24:15
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."
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Judges 10:15
The children of Israel said to Yahweh, "We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this day."
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Judges 19:24
Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don't do any such folly."
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1 Samuel 1:23
Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word." So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
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1 Samuel 3:18
Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him."
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1 Samuel 11:10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you."
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1 Samuel 14:36
Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near here to God."
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1 Samuel 14:40
Then said he to all Israel, "You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
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1 Samuel 18:23
Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"
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1 Samuel 24:4
And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.
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1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don't favor you.
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2 Samuel 10:12
Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him."
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2 Samuel 15:26
but if he say thus,'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."
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2 Samuel 18:4
The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
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2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.
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2 Samuel 19:6
For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.
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2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
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2 Samuel 19:37
Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.
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2 Samuel 19:38
And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
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2 Samuel 24:22
Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
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1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."
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2 Kings 10:5
So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.
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1 Chronicles 13:2
David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
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1 Chronicles 19:13
Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good.
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1 Chronicles 21:23
And Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems right to him. See, I give you the oxen for burned offerings and the grain-cleaning instruments for fire-wood, and the grain for the meal offering; I give it all.
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Ezra 5:17
So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.
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Ezra 7:18
And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.
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Ezra 10:3
Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.
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Esther 3:11
The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
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Esther 5:4
Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."
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Esther 8:5
And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:
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Esther 8:8
So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.
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Job 7:15
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
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Job 12:4
It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
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Job 15:21
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
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Job 41:29
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
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Job 41:32
After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.
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Psalms 74:5
It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
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Proverbs 12:15
The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 18:17
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
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Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
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Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
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Proverbs 26:16
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
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Proverbs 28:11
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
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Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
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Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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Isaiah 32:15
Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.
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Isaiah 40:25
Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
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Isaiah 58:5
Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?
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Isaiah 58:13
If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
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Jeremiah 26:14
As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.
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Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
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Jeremiah 40:4
Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
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Jeremiah 40:5
Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
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Ezekiel 23:24
And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.
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Daniel 1:13
Then take a look at our faces and the faces of the young men who have food from the king's table; and, having seen them, do to your servants as it seems right to you.
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Zechariah 11:12
And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.
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