'Absolutely' in the Bible
Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount in silver equal to the bridal price for virgins.
Don't bring any detestable thing to your house, because you yourself will be utterly destroyed along with these detestable things. You must absolutely abhor and detest all of it, because it has been devoted to destruction."
You shall be blameless (complete, perfect) before the Lord your God.
But it shall be that if you have no delight and take no pleasure in her, then you shall let her go wherever she wishes. You certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not deal with her as a slave or mistreat her, because you have humbled her [by forced marriage].
She said to the men, "I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.
Her father said, "I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!"
Is today the first time I inquired of God for him? Absolutely not! The king shouldn't accuse his servant, or any of my father's family of anything, because your servant didn't know anything at all about this."
When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.
When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified.
Then the woman came to Saul and realized that he was absolutely terrified, so she said to him, "Look, your female servant {has obeyed you}, and I have {risked my life}. I have listened to your words that you have spoken to me.
The young woman was absolutely beautiful. She served the king and was very useful to him. The king was not sexually involved with her.
He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life."
He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life."
The sons of Israel were counted and given provisions, and they went to meet them. The Israelites camped before the enemy like two little flocks of goats [with everything against them, except God], and the Arameans filled the country.
They were absolutely terrified and said, "Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?"
I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord -- how long will this continue?
May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!
The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.
They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.
The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.
The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold.
They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.
The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable.
Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."
For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about?
"Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!"
You are absolutely beautiful, my darling,with no imperfection in you.
His mouth is sweetness.He is absolutely desirable.This is my love, and this is my friend,young women of Jerusalem. >
Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people -- an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations."
and said, “Please, O Lord, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept greatly.
All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.
You will look for those who contend with you,but you will not find them.Those who war against youwill become absolutely nothing.
But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
I gave you absolutely nothing to eatin all your cities,a shortage of food in all your communities,yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.
"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!
Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"
but his mother said, "Absolutely not! He must be named John."
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.
Absolutely not, I tell you! But if you don't repent, then you, too, will all die.
Absolutely not, I tell you! But if you don't repent, then you, too, will all die."
I assure you and most solemnly say to you, we speak only of what we [absolutely] know and testify about what we have [actually] seen [as eyewitnesses]; and [still] you [reject our evidence and] do not accept our testimony.
But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!"
But I replied, "Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'
But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial -- even though we are Roman citizens -- and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!"
But Paul said, "I'm not out of my mind, Your Excellency Festus. I'm reporting what is absolutely true.
Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:That You may be justified in Your wordsand triumph when You judge.
Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
being absolutely convinced that God would do what he had promised.
Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.
Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
If therefore you have things belonging to this life which need to be decided, is it men who are absolutely nothing in the Church--is it *they* whom you make your judges?
Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
What then is my reward? [Just this:] that, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge [to everyone], so as not to take advantage of my rights [as a preacher and apostle] in [preaching] the gospel.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
For we have regard for what is honorable [and above suspicion], not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
I have thought it absolutely necessary therefore to request these brethren to visit you before I myself come, and to make sure beforehand that the gift of love which you have already promised may be ready as a gift of love, and may not seem to have been something which I have extorted from you.
which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].
But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!
Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.
Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.
If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.