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Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

…then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

…then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

…and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

…for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

…to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.

Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

…to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

…in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

…calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

…the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

…the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

…to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

…and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.