Motive

13 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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Ascribed to God

Psalm 106:8 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
Ezekiel 36:21–22 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. …
Ezekiel 36:32 It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD — let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

2 Samuel 10:2–3 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites, …
1 Chronicles 19:3–4 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?” …

Job 1:9–11 Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing? …
Job 2:4–5 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life. …

2 Kings 5:5–7 “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing. …

Numbers 32:1–33 Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. …

Joshua 22:9–34 So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses. …

Matthew 6:1–18 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. …

Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
1 John 3:12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.