'Down' in the Bible

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

The wise person accepts commands, but the chattering fool will be brought down.

Those who wink their eyes are trouble makers, and the mocking fool will be brought down.

The mouth of the righteous flows with [skillful and godly] wisdom,But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,but a good word cheers it up.

Righteousness protects the blameless, but wickedness brings down the sinner.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Evil men will bow down in the presence of good men and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.

The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—How the wicked are cast down to ruin.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,consider carefully what is before you,

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,when it gleams in the cupand goes down smoothly.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,and you’ll never live it down.

By patience and a calm spirit a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft and gentle tongue breaks the bone [of resistance].

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Without wood, fire goes out;without a gossip, conflict dies down.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?Who has gathered the wind in His hands?Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?Who has established all the ends of the earth?What is His name,and what is the name of His Son—if you know?

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also is vanity.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.

He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.

when that day comes, the palace guards will tremble, strong men will stoop down, women grinders will cease because they are few, and the sight of those who peer through the lattice will grow dim.

And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And one riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.

At that time they will fear climbing heights and dangers along the road while the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper is weighed down. Desire will cease, because the person goes to his eternal home, and mourners will gather in the marketplace.

The Preacher sought to find delightful words, even to write correctly words of truth.

Tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock? Where do you make your flock lie down at noon? Why should I be considered a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

M How beautiful you are, my darling.How very beautiful!Behind your veil,your eyes are doves.Your hair is like a flock of goatsstreaming down Mount Gilead.

“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,May you come with me from Lebanon.Journey down from the summit of Amana,From the summit of Senir and Hermon,From the dens of lions,From the mountains of leopards.

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Turn your eyes away from me,for they captivate me.Your hair is like a flock of goatsstreaming down from Gilead.

"Who [is] this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, {bright as the sun}, {overwhelming as an army with banners}?"

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.

Oh sinful nation,people weighed down with iniquity,brood of evildoers,depraved children!They have abandoned the Lord;they have despised the Holy One of Israel;they have turned their backs on Him.

"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Their land is full of idols;they bow down to the work of their hands,to what their fingers have made.

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the wrath of God will be against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up,Against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

How dare you crush my people as you grind down the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

On this account the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.For all this His anger is not spent,But His hand is still stretched out.

The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."

Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering stubs of firebrands, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.

Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

But this is not what he intends, and this is not what he thinks in his mind; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut down many nations.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in numberThat a child could write them down.

At that time, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer rely on the one who struck them down, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.