19 Bible Verses about South

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Job 9:9

He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

Luke 11:31

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

Genesis 13:14

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

Numbers 10:6

When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said:

The Lord came from Sinai
and appeared to them from Seir;
He shone on them from Mount Paran
and came with ten thousand holy ones,
with lightning from His right hand for them.

1 Samuel 23:19

Some Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.

Job 39:26

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?

Daniel 8:9

From one of them a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

Acts 21:3

After we sighted Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north: Give them up!
and to the south: Do not hold them back!
Bring My sons from far away,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Job 23:9

When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;
when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

Ezekiel 20:47

and say to the forest there: Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord God says: I am about to ignite a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The blazing flame will not be extinguished, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 21:4

Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

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Azem » A city » South » Tribe of judah

Joshua 15:29

Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

Joshua 19:3

Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

1 Chronicles 4:29

Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

Baalah » A city » South » Tribe of judah

Joshua 15:29

Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

Joshua 19:3

Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

1 Chronicles 4:29

Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

Berea » A city » South » Macedonia

Acts 20:4

He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

Acts 17:10

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

Beth-el » A city » South » Tribe of judah

1 Samuel 30:27

He sent gifts to those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negev, and in Jattir;

Gilboa » Hill » South » Jezreel

1 Samuel 28:4

The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1-8

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him. read more.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me." But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men. When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel's men had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them. The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:1-8

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him. read more.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!" But his armor-bearer wouldn't do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died. So Saul and his three sons died-his whole house died together. When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them. The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

Hazor » A city » South » Tribe of judah

Joshua 15:23

Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Jekabzeel » A city » South » Tribe of judah

Nehemiah 11:25

As for the farming settlements with their fields:

Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages,
Dibon and its villages, and Jekabzeel and its villages;

Jezreel » A city » South » Tribe of judah

1 Samuel 27:3

David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and the two of them became his wives.

1 Samuel 29:1

The Philistines brought all their military units together at Aphek while Israel was camped by the spring in Jezreel.

Joshua 15:56

Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

1 Samuel 29:11

So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Meteorology » Wind » South

Luke 12:55

And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be a scorcher!’ and it is.

Job 37:17

You whose clothes get hot
when the south wind brings calm to the land,

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

Wind » Mentioned in scripture » South

Luke 12:55

And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be a scorcher!’ and it is.

Job 37:17

You whose clothes get hot
when the south wind brings calm to the land,

Wind » South » Soothing

Job 37:17

You whose clothes get hot
when the south wind brings calm to the land,

Wind » South » Purifying

Job 37:21

Now men cannot even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Wind » South » Tempestuous

Job 37:9

The windstorm comes from its chamber,
and the cold from the driving north winds.

Topics on South

Facing South

Ezekiel 40:45-46

Then the man said to me: “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.

South Gates

1 Chronicles 26:15-25

Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses;

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