'Home' in the Bible

It will be like a man who flees from a liononly to have a bear confront him.He goes home and rests his hand against the wallonly to have a snake bite him.

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,you who live in clefts of the rockin your home on the heights,who say to yourself,“Who can bring me down to the ground?”

So they interrogated him: "Tell us, why has this trouble come upon us? What's your occupation? Where'd you come from? What's your home country? What's your nationality?"

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

Therefore you will give parting giftsOn behalf of Moresheth-gath (Micah’s home);The houses of Achzib (Place of Deceit) will become a deceptionTo the kings of Israel.

They covet fields and seize them;they also take houses.They deprive a man of his home,a person of his inheritance.

Surely a son considers his father a fool,a daughter opposes her mother,and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

The LORD will incite them to terror, because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away. They will worship him, every person in his own home, including even the coastlands of the nations."

I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. Indeed, I will give you a good reputation, making you praiseworthy among all of the people of the world, when I restore your prosperity before your eyes," says the LORD.

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

and I will bring them home and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth (faithfulness) and in righteousness.’

“I will bring them (all Israel) back home again from the land of EgyptAnd gather them from Assyria,And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon [the land on the east and on the west of the Jordan]Until no room can be found for them.

And one hath said unto him, 'What are these wounds in thy hands?' And he hath said, 'Because I was smitten at home by my lovers.'

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,

While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

And he got up and went home.

While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.

"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he left there to teach and preach in their home towns.

Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So will it also be with this wicked generation.”

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

But Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home." He did not perform many miracles there because of their unbelief.

He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"

"They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.

While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,

But Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, and went inside, and sat with the guards to see the outcome.

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.

“I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Then He went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"

When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.

Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him.

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

He told them repeatedly, "Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you leave that place.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

Then He sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

When Jesus came home, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?"

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

It's like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert.

While Jesus was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

She went into Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth.

And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.

When the days of the festival were over, they left for home. The young man Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.

And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Later, Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So he went to the Pharisee's home and took his place at the table.

There was a woman who was a notorious sinner in that city. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's home, she took an alabaster jar of perfume

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus' feet and kept begging him to come to his home,

While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader's home and told him, "Your daughter is dead. Stop bothering the teacher anymore."

When you visit a home and stay there, and go out from there,

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

While they were traveling, He entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

When it gets back home, it finds it swept clean and put in order.

Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks they may immediately open the door for him.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

"Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.

The servant told him, "Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

Then he told the man, "Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well."

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Peter said, “Look, we have left all [things—homes, families, businesses] and followed You.”

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

Then Jesus told him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham,

All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went home, amazed at what had happened.

No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven].

Jesus told him, "Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and started back home.

And every one went to his home.

"No one, sir," she replied. Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on don't sin anymore."

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.

Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Look: An hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,