Motive
The word "motive" came up in two of our church's Bible readings yesterday. Turns out the word appears six times (at least in the NIV).
I Chronicles 28:9
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:2 (New International Version)
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2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but motives are weighed by the LORD.
I Corinthians 4:5
Philippians 1:18
I Thessalonians 2:3
James 4:3
James 4:3 (New International Version)
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3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.