56 Bible Verses about groups
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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies of fifty.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
praising God and having grace with all the people. And the Lord added to the congregation daily such as should be saved.
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said, It is not right that we should leave the word of God and serve tables;
And Moses chose men of virtue out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, princes over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens.
Then Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
And it came to pass that for a whole year they gathered themselves together with the congregation and taught many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said (the number of names together were about one hundred and twenty),
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and also a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all diligence and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
And of the multitude of those that had believed was one heart and one soul; no one said that anything he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
For he is our peace, who of both has made one, breaking down the middle wall of separation,
when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name and he does not follow us; and we forbade him because he does not follow us.
and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats,
The small one shall be as a thousand; the youngest as a strong nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.
After these things the Lord appointed another seventy also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself would come.
and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom remain?
And when they came there to the hill, behold, the company of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God prospered him, and he prophesied among them.
Moreover thou shalt consider out of all the people men of virtue, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place princes over them, of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
So he brought the people down unto the water, and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue as a dog laps, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that bows down upon his knees to drink.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
Also from among your own selves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves.
So that those who gladly received his word were baptized, and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
However each nation made gods of their own and put them in the houses of the high places which those of Samaria had made, each nation in their city in which they dwelt.
Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
In other words, that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
for when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in groups of fifty in caves and sustained them with bread and water.)
Then the LORD said unto Gideon, With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the other people go each one to his place.
And when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD and said, Smite these people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
And those that believed in the Lord increased in number, multitudes both of men and women.)
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, and of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
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Death Of Other Groups
Genesis 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the spirit of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Dividing Into Three Groups
Judges 7:16And dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he put a shofar in each man's hand with empty pitchers and torches burning within the pitchers.
Feeding Groups
Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God.
Four Groups
Judges 9:34And Abimelech rose up and all the people that were with him, by night, and they put an ambush against Shechem in four companies.
Groups going home
Judges 9:55And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed each one unto his place.
Groups Helping
Ezekiel 30:8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt and when all her helpers shall be broken.
Groups Of Slaves
Genesis 12:16And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep and oxen and he asses and menslaves and maidslaves and she asses and camels.
Groups Running
Joshua 8:19And those of the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city and took it and made haste to set the city on fire.
Groups Sent Away
Genesis 25:6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Groups Shouting
Exodus 32:17And Joshua, hearing the noise of the people as they shouted, said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
Groups Trembling
Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day when the morning came, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of the shofar exceeding loud, so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Half Of Groups
Genesis 32:7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cows and the camels, into two bands
Serving Groups
Exodus 14:12Is this not what we told thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.
Three Groups
Judges 9:43And he took the people and divided them into three companies and set ambushes in the field and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them and smote them.
Two Groups
Genesis 32:7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cows and the camels, into two bands