Reference: World
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The earth on which we dwell, 1Sa 2:8; its inhabitants, Joh 3:16, or a large number of them, Joh 12:19. In several places it is equivalent to "land," meaning the Roman Empire, or Judea and its vicinity, Lu 2:1; 4:3; Ac 11:28. It also denotes the objects and interests of time and sense, Ga 6:14; 1Jo 2:15.
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Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.
And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
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WORLD
1. In OT.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one ; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. read more. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.
So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what'shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.
And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.
and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers money, and overthrew their tables; and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. read more. His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden. And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.
For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.
for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them , and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.
but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.
Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and is divided.'so also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.
But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them .
to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that are done here.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his'son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise, God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.
Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;
Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.