'Back' in the Bible

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.

“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.

A man will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him [as a harvest].

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

What a fool says brings a rod to his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Do not say, "I will pay back evil!" Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.

A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

He is filled with craving all day long,but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

Do not hold back discipline from the child,Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,and whoever rolls a stone—it will come back on him.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.

A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it back.

An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.

The wind blows southward, then northward, constantly circulating, and the wind comes back again in its courses.

All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

He made its posts of silver,its back of gold,and its seat of purple.Its interior is inlaid with loveby the young women of Jerusalem.

W I have taken off my clothing.How can I put it back on?I have washed my feet.How can I get them dirty?

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

Y Come back, come back, Shulammite!Come back, come back, that we may look at you!M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,as you look at the dance of the two camps? >

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,

And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, 'A city of righteousness -- a faithful city.'

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!

Dull the minds of these people;deafen their ears and blind their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their minds,turn back, and be healed.

For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

Aram from before, and Philistia from behind, And they devour Israel with the whole mouth. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought.

Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one is profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

Manasseh -- Ephraim, and Ephraim -- Manasseh, Together they are against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!

Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it?Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it?That would be like a club moving those who lift it,Or like a staff raising him who is not [made of] wood [like itself]!

And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.

And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.

And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

And thou hast said in that day: 'I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine.

Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord's land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.

And Jehovah hath smitten Egypt, smiting and healing, And they have turned back unto Jehovah, And He hath been entreated of them, And hath healed them.

The watchman said,“Morning has come, and also night.If you want to ask, ask!Come back again.”

The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.

Is this your jubilant city,Whose origin dates back to antiquity,Whose feet used to carry her [far away] to colonize distant places?

Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.

Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.

And at the end of the 70 years, the Lord will restore Tyre and she will go back into business, prostituting herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will not be kept back or stored up; for her produce will be for those living in the Lord's land, to give them food for their needs, and fair clothing.

The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.

The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

a spirit of justiceto the one who sits in judgment,and strengthto those who turn back the battle at the gate.

For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

His breath is like an overflowing torrent,Which reaches to the neck,To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve,And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

Turn back to him, yes to him whom your people have so greatly betrayed, you people of Israel.

For the Lord has a day of vengeance,a time of paying back Edomfor its hostility against Zion.

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?

Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back unto his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.'

And Rabshakeh turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:Virgin Daughter Ziondespises you and scorns you:Daughter Jerusalem shakes her headbehind your back.

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.