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Anthropomorphisms

(Figures of speech, which attribute human forms, acts, and affections to God)

MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES—Ge 2:2,3,19; 6:6; 9:16; 11:5,7; 18:17-19,21,33; 19:29; 22:12; 28:13; 35:13; Ex 2:24; 3:8; 14:24; 20:5; 31:17; 32:14; Nu 11:25; Jud 2:18; 1Sa 15:35; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Ps 31:2; 33:6; 35:1-3; 36:7; 57:1; 68:17; 94:9; 121:4; Isa 1:15; Eze 1:24,28; Hab 1:13; 1Pe 3:12

ATTRIBUTED TO DEITY

• Memory
• —Isa 43:26; 63:11
• Assisted by tokens
• —Ge 9:16
• Reason
• —Isa 1:18
• Understanding
• —Ps 147:5
• Will
• —Ro 9:19

MISCELLANEOUS ACTS AND STATES OF MIND ATTRIBUTED TO

• Walking
• —Ge 3:8; Le 26:12; De 23:14; Job 22:14; Hab 3:15
• Resting
• —Ge 2:2,3; Ex 20:11; 31:17; De 5:14; Heb 4:4,10
• Does not faint
• —Isa 40:28
• Amazement
• —Isa 59:16; 63:5; Mr 6:6
• Laughing
• —Ps 2:4; 37:13; 59:8; Pr 1:26
• Sleeping
• —Ps 44:23; 78:61
• Grieved
• —Ge 6:6; Jud 10:16; Ps 95:10; Heb 3:10,17
• Oaths
• —Isa 62:8; Heb 6
• See
• OATHS
• See ANGER OF GOD
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