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Your father cheated
me and changed my wages time after time. God, however, did not let
him do me any harm. [Taken from GEN 31:7]
Of the twenty years that I have now spent in your household, I
slaved fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for
your flock, while you changed my wages time after time. [GEN
31:41]
The LORD then said, "Throw it on the ground." When he
threw it on the ground it was changed into a serpent, and Moses
shied away from it. [EX 4:3]
"If Pharaoh demands that you work a sign or wonder, you
shall say to Aaron: Take your staff and throw it down before
Pharaoh, and it will be changed into a snake." Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the LORD had
commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his
servants, and it was changed into a snake. Pharaoh, in turn, summoned wise men and sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did likewise by their magic arts. Each one threw down his staff, and it was changed into a snake.
But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs. [EX 7:9-12]
The LORD now says: This is how you shall know that I am the
LORD. I will strike the water of the river with the staff I hold,
and it shall be changed into blood. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his
staff and struck the waters of the river in full view of Pharaoh
and his servants, and all the water of the river was changed into
blood. [EX 7:17,20]
The LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which
took up the locusts and hurled them into the Red Sea. But though
not a single locust remained within the confines of Egypt [Taken
from EX
10:19]
God is not man that he should speak falsely, nor human, that he
should change his mind. Is he one to speak and not act, to decree
and not fulfill? [NUM 23:19]
The LORD, your God, will change your lot; and taking pity on
you, he will again gather you from all the nations wherein he has
scattered you. [Taken from DEUT 30:3]
The spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will join
them in their prophetic state and will be changed into another
man. [1SAM 10:6]
But God changed the king's anger to gentleness. In great
anxiety he sprang from his throne, held her in his arms until she
recovered, and comforted her with reassuring words. [ESTH D:8]
The king sent messengers with letters to Jerusalem and to
the cities of Judah, ordering them to follow customs foreign to
their land...so that they might forget the law and change all
their observances. Whoever refused to act according to the command
of the king should be put to death. Such were the orders he
published throughout his kingdom...Many of the people, those who
abandoned the law, joined them and committed evil in the land.
Israel was driven into hiding, wherever places of refuge could be
found. [Taken from 1MACC 1:44,49-53]
Whoever saw the appearance of the high priest was pierced to
the heart, for the changed color of his face manifested the
anguish of his soul. [2MACC 3:16]
Once Maccabeus got his men organized, the Gentiles could not
withstand him, for the Lord's wrath had now changed to mercy.
[2MACC 8:5]
You prevail once for all against him and he passes on; with
changed appearance you send him away. [JOB 14:20]
Such men change the night into day; where there is darkness
they talk of approaching light. [JOB 17:12]
He it is who changes their rounds, according to his plans, in
their task upon the surface of the earth, whether for punishment or mercy, as he commands.
[JOB 37:12-13]
The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though
it were a garment; But from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered.
[JOB 38:14-15]
You changed my mourning into dancing; you took off my
sackcloth and clothed me with gladness. [Taken from PS 30:12]
He changed the sea to dry land; through the river they passed
on foot. Therefore let us rejoice in him [Taken from PS 66:6]
God changed their rivers to blood; their streams they could not
drink. [PS 78:44]
They perish, but you remain; they all wear out like a garment;
Like clothing you change them and they are changed [Taken from PS 102:27]
God changed rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty
ground [Taken from PS 107:33]
He changed the desert into pools of water, arid land into
springs of water [Taken from PS 107:35]
Let them all praise the LORD'S name; for the LORD commanded and
they were created, Assigned them duties forever, gave them tasks that will never
change. [PS 148:5-6]
For he gave me sound knowledge of existing things, that I might
know the organization of the universe and the force of its
elements, The beginning and the end and the midpoint of times, the
changes in the sun's course and the variations of the seasons.
[WISDOM 7:17-18]
Not that you were without power to have the wicked vanquished in battle by the just, or wiped out at once by terrible beasts or
by one decisive word; But condemning them bit by bit, you gave
them space for repentance. You were not unaware that their race
was wicked and their malice ingrained, And that their dispositions
would never change; for they were a race accursed from the
beginning. Neither out of fear for anyone did you grant amnesty for their
sins. [WISDOM 12:9-11]
For land creatures were changed into water creatures, and those
that swam went over on to the land. [WISDOM 19:19]
The heart of a man changes his countenance, either for good or
for evil. [SIRACH 13:24]
Between morning and evening the weather changes; before the
LORD all things are fleeting. [SIRACH 18:26]
Wickedness changes a woman's looks, and makes her sullen as a
female bear. [SIRACH 25:16]
In your presence he uses honeyed talk, and admires your every
word, But later he changes his tone and twists your words to your
ruin. [SIRACH 27:23]
As its name says, each month it renews itself; how wondrous in
this change! [SIRACH 43:8]
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who change
darkness into light, and light into darkness, who change bitter
into sweet, and sweet into bitter! [ISA 5:20]
But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an
orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest! [ISA 29:17]
Edom's streams shall be changed into pitch and her earth into
sulphur, and her land shall become burning pitch; Night and day it shall not be quenched, its smoke shall rise forever.
From generation to generation she shall lie waste, never again shall anyone pass through her.
[ISA 34:9-10]
Does any other nation change its gods? - yet they are not gods
at all! But my people have changed their glory for useless things.
[JER 2:11]
How can you say, "We are wise, we have the law of the
LORD"? Why, that has been changed into falsehood by the lying
pen of the scribes! [JER 8:8]
Give glory to the LORD, your God, before it grows dark; Before
your feet stumble on darkening mountains; Before the light you
look for turns to darkness, changes into black clouds. [JER 13:16]
Can the Ethiopian change his skin? the leopard his spots? As
easily would you be able to do good, accustomed to evil as you
are. [JER 13:23]
He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of
season, But stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth. [JER
17:6]
When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me
with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the LORD, and I will change
your lot; I will gather you together from all the nations and all
the places to which I have banished you, says the LORD, and bring
you back to the place from which I have exiled you. [JER 29:13-14]
For behold, the days will come, says the LORD, when I will
change the lot of my people...and bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers;
they shall have it as their possession. [Taken from JER 30:3]
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: When I change
their lot in the land of Judah and her cities, they shall again
repeat this greeting: "May the LORD bless you, holy mountain,
abode of justice!" [JER 31:23]
I will change the lot of Judah and the lot of Israel, and
rebuild them as of old. [JER 33:7]
Then too will I reject the descendants of Jacob and of my
servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers for
the race of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will change their lot
and show them mercy. [Taken from JER 33:26]
How tarnished is the gold, how changed the noble metal; How the
sacred stones lie strewn at every street corner! [LAM 4:1]
For I know they will not heed me, because they are a
stiff-necked people. But in the land of their captivity they shall
have a change of heart; they shall know that I, the LORD, am their God. I will give them hearts, and heedful ears;
and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall invoke my name.
[BARUCH 2:30-32]
He causes the changes of the times and seasons, makes kings and
unmakes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those
who understand. [DAN 2:21]
Let his mind be changed from the human; let him be given the
sense of a beast, till seven years pass over him. [DAN 4:13]
He shall speak against the Most High and oppress the holy ones
of the Most High, thinking to change the feast days and the law.
They shall be handed over to him for a year, two years, and a
half-year. [DAN 7:25]
For then I will change and purify the lips of the peoples,
That they all may call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him
with one accord [Taken from ZEPH 3:9]
Surely I, the LORD, do not change, nor do you cease to be sons
of Jacob. [MAL 3:6]
"What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'
He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and went.
The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir,' but did not go.
Which of the two did his father's will?" They answered, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him."
[MT 21:28-32]
While [Jesus] was praying his face changed in appearance and his
clothing became dazzling white. [Taken from LK 9:29]
They presented false witnesses who testified, "This man never stops saying things against (this) holy place and the law.
For we have heard him claim that this Jesus the Nazorean will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."
All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
Then the high priest asked, "Is this so?" [ACTS 6:13-15, 7:1]
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For that which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality.
And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself
with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: "Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?" [1COR 15:51-55]
I would like to be with you now and to change my tone, for I am
perplexed because of you. [GAL 4:20]
He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified
body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into
subjection to himself. [PHIL 3:21]
"You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they
will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no
end." [HEB 1:12]
When there is a change of priesthood, there is necessarily a
change of law as well. [HEB 7:12]
For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit his father's
blessing, he was rejected because he found no opportunity to
change his mind, even though he sought the blessing with tears.
[HEB 12:17]
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers: all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming
down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration
or shadow caused by change. [JMS 1:16-17]
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