God's Conduct (2 of 3)
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- Oct 8
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Updated: Oct 9
God's character is made known through scripture. This list reveals the conduct that God exhibits.
Helper
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 10:14 KJV - "Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless."
Psalm 54:4 KJV - "Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul."
Hebrews 13:6 KJV - "So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."
Petitioning of God
Psalm 30:10 KJV - "Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper."
Prophetic
Psalm 72:12 KJV - "For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper."
Keep
Keep (Keeping/Keepeth/Keepest)
God’s Testimonials
Psalm 89:28 KJV — "My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him."
Others' Testimonials
Exodus 34:7 KJV — "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation."
Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV — "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"
1 Kings 8:23 KJV — "And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:"
2 Chronicles 6:14 KJV — "And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:"
Nehemiah 1:5 KJV — "And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:"
Nehemiah 9:32 KJV — "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day."
Psalm 12:7 KJV — "Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."
Psalm 146:6 KJV — "Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:"
Proverbs 2:8 KJV — "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints."
Daniel 9:4 KJV — "And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;"
Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV — "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"
Deuteronomy 7:12 KJV — "Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:"
God’s Testimonials (Not Keep)
Psalm 103:9 KJV — "He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever."
Isaiah 65:6 KJV — "Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,"
Jeremiah 3:5,12 KJV — "5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest… 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever."
Petitioning of God
Psalm 35:22 KJV — "This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me."
Psalm 83:1 KJV — "A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God."
Prophetic
Psalm 50:3 KJV — "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."
Kindness
Kindness (Kind)
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 54:8 KJV - "In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer."
Isaiah 54:10 KJV - "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee."
Others' Testimonials
1 Kings 3:6 KJV - "And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV - "And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not."
Psalm 31:21 KJV - "Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city."
Psalm 117:2 KJV - "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD."
Joel 2:13 KJV - "And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."
Jonah 4:2 KJV - "And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil."
Luke 6:35 KJV - "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."
Ephesians 2:7 KJV - "That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."
Titus 3:4 KJV - "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,"
Petitioning of God
2 Samuel 2:6 KJV - "And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing."
Psalm 119:76 KJV - "Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant."
Look
Look (Looketh/Looked)
Wisdom
Job 40:9-12 KJV - "9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place."
God’s Testimonials
Genesis 6:12 KJV — "And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."
1 Samuel 9:16 KJV — "To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.”
Isaiah 5:4 KJV — "What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?"
Isaiah 66:2 KJV — "For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.”
Ezekiel 16:8 KJV — "Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”
Others' Testimonials
Genesis 9:16 KJV — "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
Genesis 29:32 KJV — "And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.”
Exodus 2:25 KJV — "And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.”
Exodus 4:31 KJV — "And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped."
Exodus 14:24 KJV — "And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,”
Deuteronomy 26:7 KJV — "And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:”
Judges 6:14 KJV — "And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?”
Job 28:24 KJV — "For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;”
Job 33:27 KJV — "He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;”
Psalm 14:2 KJV — "The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God."
Psalm 33:13 KJV — "The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men."
Psalm 33:14 KJV — "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth."
Psalm 53:2 KJV — "God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God."
Psalm 102:19 KJV — "For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;”
Psalm 104:32 KJV — "He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.”
Isaiah 5:2 KJV — "And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes."
Isaiah 5:7 KJV — "For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry."
Petitioning of God
Exodus 5:21 KJV — "And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us."
Deuteronomy 26:15 KJV — "Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
1 Samuel 1:11 KJV — "And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.”
2 Samuel 16:12 KJV — "It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.”
1 Chronicles 12:17 KJV — "And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.”
2 Chronicles 24:22 KJV — "Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.”
Psalm 25:18 KJV — "Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins."
Psalm 35:17 KJV — "Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions."
Psalm 80:14 KJV — "Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;"
Psalm 84:9 KJV — "Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed."
Psalm 119:132 KJV — "Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.”
Isaiah 63:15 KJV — "Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?”
Petitioning of God
Psalm 85:11 KJV — "Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven."
Lamentations 3:50 KJV — "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.”
Lovingkindness
Lovingkindness (Lovingkindnesses)
God’s Testimonials
Psalm 89:33 KJV - "Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail."
Jeremiah 9:24 KJV - "But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD."
Hosea 2:19 KJV - "And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies."
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 26:3 KJV - "For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth."
Psalm 36:7 KJV - "How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings."
Psalm 40:10 KJV - "I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation."
Psalm 42:8 KJV - "Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."
Psalm 48:9 KJV - "We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple."
Psalm 51:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."
Psalm 63:3 KJV - "Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee."
Isaiah 63:7 KJV - "I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses."
Psalm 69:16 KJV - "Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies."
Psalm 88:11 KJV - "Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?"
Psalm 92:1-2 KJV - "1 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,"
Psalm 103:4 KJV - "Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;"
Psalm 138:2 KJV - "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."
Jeremiah 31:3 KJV - "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
Jeremiah 32:18 KJV - "Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,"
Petitioning of God
Psalm 17:7 KJV - "Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them."
Psalm 25:6 KJV - "Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old."
Psalm 36:10 KJV - "O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart."
Psalm 40:11 KJV - "Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me."
Psalm 119:88 KJV - "Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth."
Psalm 119:149 KJV - "Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment."
Psalm 119:159 KJV - "Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness."
Psalm 143:8 KJV - "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee."
Resulting from God
Psalm 107:43 KJV – “Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.”
Magnified
Petitioning of God
2 Samuel 7:26 KJV — “And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.”
1 Chronicles 17:24 KJV — “Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.”
Moved
God’s Testimonials
Deuteronomy 32:21 KJV — "They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation."
Others’ Testimonials
Psalm 78:58 KJV — "For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images."
Nigh
Nigh (Draws Nigh/ AT Hand)
God’s Testimonials
Jeremiah 23:23 KJV - "Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?"
Others' Testimonials
Psalm 34:18 KJV - "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."
Psalm 85:9 KJV - "Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land."
Psalm 145:18 KJV - "The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth."
Isaiah 26:17 KJV - "Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD."
James 4:8 KJV - "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded."
Other’s Testimonials of Jesus
Philippians 4:5 KJV - "Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand."
Petitioning of God
Isaiah 5:19 KJV - "That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!"
Prophetic
Luke 21:28 KJV - "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."
James 5:8 KJV - "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
Obedient
Other’s Testimonials of Jesus
Philippians 2:8 KJV - "And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Observe
God's Testimonials
Hosea 13:7 KJV - "Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:"
Resulting from God
Psalm 105:42-45 KJV - "42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD."
Partaker
Partaker (Took Part)
Other’s Testimonials of Jesus
Hebrews 2:14 KJV - "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"
Resulting from God
Hebrews 12:10 KJV - "For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness."
Put On
Petitioning of God
Isaiah 51:9 KJV — "Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?”
Refrain
God’s Testimonials
Isaiah 48:9 KJV — "For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off."
Petitioning of God
Isaiah 64:12 KJV — "Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?"
Quietness
Quietness (Quiet)
God’s Testimonials
Ezekiel 16:42 KJV - "So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry."
Petitioning of God
Jeremiah 47:6-7 KJV - "6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it."
Resulting from God
1 Chronicles 22:9 KJV - "Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days."
Job 34:29 KJV - "When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:"
Job 37:17 KJV - "How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?"
Psalm 107:29-30 KJV - "29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven."
Proverbs 1:33 KJV - "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."
