Motives
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Motives

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Motives (13 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Motives (13 Occurrences). ... (WEY NAS NIV). 1 Corinthians
16:14 Let all that you do be done from motives of love. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/motives.htm - 10k

Motive (3 Occurrences)
... motive power. 6. (vt) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Multi-Version Concordance Motive (3 Occurrences). Ephesians ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/motive.htm - 8k

Judas (42 Occurrences)
... Nor can any answer be satisfactorily given to the question as to the motives
that led Judas to betray his Master. "Of the motives...
biblethesaurus.org/j/judas.htm - 45k

Iscariot (11 Occurrences)
... ostensibly one of the faithful. Personal motives of a sordid nature had also
influence in causing him to remain. Appointed keeper of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/iscariot.htm - 25k

Fasting (34 Occurrences)
... It is also possible and, in the light of some usages, probable, that different motives
operated in the association of fasting, as of some other customs, with ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fasting.htm - 23k

Praise (487 Occurrences)
... Praise may be bestowed upon unworthy objects or from improper motives, but true
praise consists in a sincere acknowledgment of a real conviction of worth. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/praise.htm - 47k

Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... The results corresponded to the motives. Just ... other. The motives are no
longer taken into consideration, but only the deed itself. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scribes.htm - 49k

Fast (157 Occurrences)
... It is also possible and, in the light of some usages, probable, that different motives
operated in the association of fasting, as of some other customs, with ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fast.htm - 49k

Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... to Mosaic Law (Matthew 5:17-48) (a) The Relation Defined (Matthew 5:17-20) (b) The
Relation Illustrated (Matthew 5:21-48) (4) Motives and Principles of Conduct ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sermon.htm - 39k

Place (9195 Occurrences)
... (2) The use of elevations for purposes of worship is so widespread as to be almost
universal, and rests, probably, on motives so primitive as to evade formal ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/place.htm - 28k

Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... to Mosaic Law (Matthew 5:17-48) (a) The Relation Defined (Matthew 5:17-20) (b) The
Relation Illustrated (Matthew 5:21-48) (4) Motives and Principles of Conduct ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/malchiel.htm - 74k

Unlike (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 2:17 We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters
of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unlike.htm - 10k

Urge (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion,
or importunity. 3. (vt) To provoke; to exasperate. ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/urge.htm - 15k

Justice (212 Occurrences)
... n.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert;
merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives...
biblethesaurus.org/j/justice.htm - 46k

Judgements (3 Occurrences)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/judgements.htm - 7k

Jealous (43 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive
regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jealous.htm - 20k

Liberty (32 Occurrences)
... which bestows it in its fullness, in giving a full and clear knowledge of God,
discovering the way of forgiveness, supplying the highest motives to holiness ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/liberty.htm - 20k

Grounded (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV WBS). 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion,
nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/grounded.htm - 12k

Gracious (106 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gracious.htm - 37k

Wickedly (34 Occurrences)
... (adv.) In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to
the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wickedly.htm - 17k

Weighs (12 Occurrences)
... evil. (WEB NIV). Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own
eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives. (WEB NAS RSV). Proverbs ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/weighs.htm - 9k

Wrongly (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong;
amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. Multi-Version Concordance ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wrongly.htm - 10k

Wink (2 Occurrences)
... WINK. wink (razam, literally, "to roll the eyes"): The act or habit of winking was
evidently considered to be evil both in its motives and in its results. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wink.htm - 9k

Worldly (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/worldly.htm - 13k

Immaculate
... There is every reason to believe that one of the major motives to the entire
transaction was the wish, on the part of Pius and his advisers, to make an ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/immaculate.htm - 16k

Irreligious (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Indifferent to religion; ungodly; not controlled
by religious motives or principles. 2. (a.) Indicating ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/irreligious.htm - 8k

Imprisonment (15 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:17 while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely,
supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/imprisonment.htm - 11k

Impeach (3 Occurrences)
... See Impeachment. 3. (vt) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring
discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/impeach.htm - 8k

Insincerely (3 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:17 while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely,
supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/insincerely.htm - 7k

Impenetrable (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not
to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/impenetrable.htm - 7k

Fraud (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor prompted
by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fraud.htm - 11k

Fraudulent (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 2:17 We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters
of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fraudulent.htm - 7k

Transparent (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 2:17 We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters
of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/transparent.htm - 8k

Tested (80 Occurrences)
... approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking
not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tested.htm - 28k

Rat (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vi) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake
one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rat.htm - 7k

Reliance (6 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reliance.htm - 8k

Returns (27 Occurrences)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/returns.htm - 13k

Regeneration (2 Occurrences)
... life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy
affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/regeneration.htm - 60k

Realize (29 Occurrences)
... 5:11 Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are
endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/realize.htm - 15k

Relations (92 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/relations.htm - 32k

Rivalry (8 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:17 while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely,
supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rivalry.htm - 8k

Recognizes (3 Occurrences)
... 5:11 Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are
endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/recognizes.htm - 7k

Embittering (1 Occurrence)
... Philippians 1:17 while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely,
supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/embittering.htm - 6k

Eriaku
... Kudurmabuk would seem, from motives of policy, to have given his sons Sumerian and
Semitic Babylonian names; and it is noteworthy that he did not retain the ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eriaku.htm - 11k

Endeavouring (6 Occurrences)
... 5:11 Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are
endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/endeavouring.htm - 8k

Eri-aku
... Kudurmabuk would seem, from motives of policy, to have given his sons Sumerian and
Semitic Babylonian names; and it is noteworthy that he did not retain the ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eri-aku.htm - 11k

Election (6 Occurrences)
... them into special and saving relations with God: a selection such as to be at once
a mysterious thing, transcending human analysis of its motives (so eminently ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/election.htm - 26k

Explanation (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust
a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/explanation.htm - 9k

Entrusting (4 Occurrences)
... approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking
not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/entrusting.htm - 7k

Education (4 Occurrences)
... All education is at first religious in the sense that religious motives and ideas
predominate in the educational efforts of all primitive peoples. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/education.htm - 40k

Destroyer (23 Occurrences)
... whereas the latter was regarded as a perfectly distinct individuality, acting in
independence or semi-independence, and from purely malicious and evil motives. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/destroyer.htm - 16k

Delusion (12 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor
prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/delusion.htm - 11k

Dissuade (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; --
with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dissuade.htm - 7k

Dissemble (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To conceal the real fact, motives, or sentiments, under some pretense; to
assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. Multi-Version Concordance ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dissemble.htm - 7k

Disclose (16 Occurrences)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/disclose.htm - 12k

Deserves (25 Occurrences)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/deserves.htm - 13k

Malicious (13 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done
intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/malicious.htm - 10k

Merely (30 Occurrences)
... tongue. (WEY). 1 Corinthians 15:32 If from merely human motives I have fought
with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/merely.htm - 15k

Mottled (2 Occurrences)

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Mingled (62 Occurrences)
... (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV). 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our preaching was not grounded
on a delusion, nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mingled.htm - 29k

Move (113 Occurrences)
... king. 3. (vt) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse
by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. 4 ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/move.htm - 38k

Mortify (2 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious
discipline. 7. (vi) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mortify.htm - 9k

Premature (1 Occurrence)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/premature.htm - 7k

Pressure (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty;
the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pressure.htm - 10k

Purity (16 Occurrences)
... purity of heart or of life. 5. (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper
motives or views. 6. (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/purity.htm - 30k

Proves (11 Occurrences)
... approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking
not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/proves.htm - 9k

Persuade (20 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation,
etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/persuade.htm - 15k

Persist (10 Occurrences)
... vi) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to continue steadfastly; especially,
to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/persist.htm - 9k

Personal (15 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs,
in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/personal.htm - 11k

Prompted (9 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion,
nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prompted.htm - 9k

Pleasures (18 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS). James 4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with
wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pleasures.htm - 11k

Pure (160 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pure.htm - 39k

People's (37 Occurrences)
... He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the
motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/people's.htm - 18k

Imputation
... When, for example, we say that we impute bad motives to anyone, we do not mean that
we make such a one bad; and just so in the Scripture the phrase "to impute ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/imputation.htm - 39k

Balance (12 Occurrences)
... 20. (vi) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to
hesitate. 21. (vi) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/balance.htm - 18k

Base (127 Occurrences)
... Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal;
menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/base.htm - 45k

Conducted (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conducted.htm - 11k

Character (27 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as,
a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/character.htm - 16k

Conduct (93 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our
own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conduct.htm - 35k




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