Which is correct?  God is tired and rests Ex 31:17/ Jer 15:6 or God is never tired and never rests 40:28?
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They are both equally incorrect. Since there is no God, he is neither tired nor not tired.
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I can't believe Mainworry got this wrong...actually I can believe it.\n\nAmen:This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16,\nthe Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of\nAmen." It is frequently used by our Savior to give emphasis to his words,\nwhere it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in John's Gospel, it\nis repeated, "Verily, verily." It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ\n(Rev. 3:14). It is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps.\n41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfillment of them.\nIt is used in token of being bound by an oath (Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:15-26; Neh.\n5:13; 8:6; 1 Chr. 16:36). In the primitive churches it was common for the\ngeneral audience to say "Amen" at the close of the prayer (1 Cor. 14:16). The\npromises of God are Amen; i.e., they are all true and sure (2 Cor. 1:20).\n\nI will say this though. The Common English translations of the word amen include: "Verily", "Truly", "So be it", and "Let it be".\nBut you wanted to know where it originate.\nAnd also the Wikipedia definitions could have been put in there by anyone.
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rachell12 is right, but you might also want to put the bible you are citing from, like NIV (New International Version), KJV (King James Version) insider of the parenthesis as well.  Like: God is Loving (John 23:2  NIV)   Not an actual bible verse, sorry. \n\nI learned this when I was a legal steno and had to type lots and lots of motions with cites from law books.  Yuck!
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As Diplocase has suggested, a lot of this is a matter of older and newer usage --and so you will almost always want to say "I pray TO God...". \n\nBut the difference also seems to be connected to an older (more original) and newer meaning of "pray".  "Pray"  originally simply meant to ask, to implore and "prayer" means "request".  In this sense, "pray you" or "pray God" is natural.  But pray/prayer takes a broader meaning, referring to ALL communication with a superior, esp. God.  (This is why when people "pray" they are not ALWAYS referring just to making requests, even though that is still central.)  "Pray" then, may be the equivalent of "say a prayer".   For this "Pray TO God" is more natural.  But again, there is not a hard distinction between the two expressions.\n\n\nA couple of other things that may be of interest:\n\nFirst, you may still run across the 'older form' in a couple of situtations:\n1) Some traditional prayers, esp. a traditional bedtime prayer: \nNow I lay me down to sleep,\nI PRAY THE LORD my soul to keep;\nIf I should die before I wake,\nI PRAY THE LORD my soul to take.\n\n2) Occasionally as a loose wish "I pray God he's safe!"  (This is actually close to the use you see in the NIV reference above -- most translations express the wish as "I would that..")\n\nSecond, that use "I pray you" appears MANY times in the Elizabethan English of the King James Version.   But since that version uses the archaic pronouns "thou/thee" for the singular (instead of modern "you") you will mostly find "I pray THEE" (in the sense of "I ask you" or "I implore you" or, more loosely, "please!" [which itself is short for "If it please thee/you"].)\n\nThis form "(I) pray thee" is the origin of "prithee" (meaning "please").    From this we derive the informal or slang expression "pretty please!" when asking for something.
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In some translations of the bible Exodus 15:16 describes people being turned to stone. In other translations the stillness that God causes is more figurative than literal. You can go here and judge for yourself.\nhttp://bible.cc/exodus/15-16.htm
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In Jesus dwells ALL the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col.2:9 below)  - \n\noGod the Father\noThe Holy Spirit of God the Father\noThe Word of God the Father\n\nThe only begotten son of God the Father (Jn.1:14 below), Jesus (the Word - Jn.1:1, Jn.1:14 below), His beloved Son (Matt.3:17 below), was conceived of the Holy Ghost (Matt.1:20 below). \n\nIt is God the Father who conceived in Mary (blessed among women) His very Word through His very Holy Spirit (Matt.1:20 below).\n\nCol.2:9  For in him dwelleth ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily.\n\nJn.1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (Matt.1:20, Matt.3:17 below)) full of grace and truth.\n\nJn.1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Re.1:6, Lk.1:47 below).\n\nRe.1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God (Jn.1:1 above) AND his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nLk.1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour (Jn.1:14, Jn.1:1, Re.1:6 above).\n\nLk.1:68 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,\n\nMatt.3:17  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son (Matt.1:20 below), in whom I am well pleased.\n\nMatt.1:20  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost (Jn.1:14, Matt.3:17 above).\n\n\n\n\nPat (ndbpsa ©)
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If God were not patient, he would not be currently putting up with you and me.\n\nBy the way, since you are priding yourself on taking a bible verse out of context, why don't you interpret this one for me?\n\n"...if..." -The Holy Bible\n\nDo you get it?
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if you can switch out the statement - I believe - then you can use amen.  you are afirming your belief in what is stated or what you state.\n\nsomeone says - Jesus is Lord\nI reply - AMEN!
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God's language is silence.\n\nGod is omnipresent.  That means that God isn't separate from you or I.  God is within you and I.  \n\nIt's not like you are not part of God, but God is somehow external in some famous person.\n\nIf you really want to hear God, you have to listen to silence.  That means listening to not only all the typical noises around you, but all the thoughts in your head as well, including the voice that keeps telling you that this is a load of shyt.\n\nPeace brother.
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Theological doctrines:\n\n     1. God is satisfied with his works\n         Gen 1:31\n        God is dissatisfied with his works.  \n         Gen 6:6\n     2. God dwells in chosen temples\n         2 Chron 7:12,16\n        God dwells not in temples\n         Acts 7:48\n     3. God dwells in light\n         Tim 6:16\n        God dwells in darkness\n         1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2\n     4. God is seen and heard\n         Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/\n          Ex 24:9-11\n        God is invisible and cannot be heard\n         John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16\n     5. God is tired and rests\n         Ex 31:17/ Jer 15:6\n        God is never tired and never rests\n         Is 40:28\n     6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things\n         Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21\n        God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all      \n        things\n         Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8\n     7. God knows the hearts of men\n         Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3\n        God tries men to find out what is in their heart\n         Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12\n     8. God is all powerful\n         Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26\n       God is not all powerful\n         Judg 1:19\n     9. God is unchangeable\n         James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19\n        God is changeable\n         Gen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/ \n          Ex 33:1,3,17,14\n     10. God is just and impartial\n          Ps 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25\n         God is unjust and partial\n          Gen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12\n     11. God is the author of evil\n          Lam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25\n         God is not the author of evil\n          1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13\n     12. God gives freely to those who ask\n          James 1:5/ Luke 11:10\n         God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving    \n         them\n          John 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17\n     13. God is to be found by those who seek him\n          Matt 7:8/ Prov 8:17\n         God is not to be found by those who seek him\n          Prov 1:28\n     14. God is warlike\n          Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15\n         God is peaceful\n          Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33\n     15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious\n          Jer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19\n         God is kind, merciful, and good\n          James 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/  \n           1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8\n     16. God's anger is fierce and endures long\n          Num 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4\n         God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute\n          Ps 103:8/ Ps 30:5\n     17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,   \n         sacrifices ,and holy days\n          Ex 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9\n         God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,    \n         sacrifices, and holy days.\n          Jer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12\n     18. God accepts human sacrifices\n          2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39\n         God forbids human sacrifice\n          Deut 12:30,31\n     19. God tempts men\n          Gen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13\n         God tempts no man\n          James 1:13\n     20. God cannot lie\n          Heb 6:18\n         God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive\n          2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9\n     21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him\n          Gen 6:5,7\n         Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him\n          Gen 8:21\n     22. God's attributes are revealed in his works.\n          Rom 1:20\n         God's attributes cannot be discovered\n          Job 11:7/ Is 40:28\n     23. There is but one God\n          Deut 6:4\n         There is a plurality of gods\n          Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/
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These are not rules, just statements. As statements I do agree. God is, I am not He.\n\nAs for other replies, it is written: "Only a fool says there is no God." There has been a lot of fulfillment to that statement.
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Many believe that passivity is Christ-like. I don't know where in the Bible that Jesus was ever passive. In Goliaths time, stones were archaic. Does that mean you are to use something archaic? No. It means that David knew enough about God to know that "faith without works is dead." This neighbor has to do something and then according to his faith believe that in his action to do something, God will do the rest. Things are not resolved in flashes but in the fullness of time. (Some people think that it is archaic to pray.)
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No they have completely different meanings.\n\nThe first one means just what it says.\n\nThe second says that you didn't get tired til after ten hours.
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Ah ...the soft-shoe routine you can get from people who believe in the "inerrant" Bible - when a text clearly states something so awful that it must be re-re-reinterpreted.\n\nSo .. a word from our sponsor:\nIsiah 45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and CREATE EVIL: I the LORD do all these things."\n\nAnd now let's hear the various (laughable) renditions of what "evil" means "in this context," or "the actual Hebrew means something totally different." - obviously it couldn't just mean "evil," .... could it? \n\nThere is no one answer to your question. Current theology, in a vain attempt at sidestepping the mystical trend that produced the citation above, holds that God did NOT do what He says He did, or that it's a "mystery to be revealed in the end to us all."
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FACT 1: A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?" "Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."\n\nFACT 2: W O R D S A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day... 30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"\n\nFACT 3: CREATION A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time." The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!\n\nFACT 4: WHO DOES WHAT A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee." The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee." Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee." Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me." So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says.........."HEBREWS"\n\nFACT 5: The Silent Treatment A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up." Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.\n\nAND FINALLY\n\nFACT 6: God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the Masterpiece!
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1)”You shall have no other gods before Me.” \n\n2)"You shall not make any graven image or likeness of any other god. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments." \n\n3)"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” \n\n4)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” \n\n5)"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” \n\n6)"You shall not murder.” \n\n7)"You shall not commit adultery.” \n\n8)"You shall not steal.” \n\n9)"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” \n\n10)"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; nor his house, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's." \n\nExodus 20:1-17
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God rested on the seventh day to signify completion. If you notice, it doesn't mention in the bible the end of the day because there was no end of the day, it was supposed to be eternal, which obviously represents going into heaven for eternity.