'Own' in the Bible

For the Lord listens to the needyand does not despiseHis own who are prisoners.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

Remember Your congregation,which You purchased long agoand redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;They have set up their own standards for signs.

You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

A Psalm of Asaph.God takes His stand in His own congregation;He judges in the midst of the rulers.

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.

Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes -- you will see the wicked paid back.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

He revealed his mighty deeds to his people by giving them a country of their own.

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they [are] the joy of my heart.

You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,For their deceitfulness is useless.

But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents

He said, "I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

For the sake of Your servant David,Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession.

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fallAnd raises up all those who are bowed down.

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business,

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,Than he who [boastfully] honors himself [pretending to be what he is not] and lacks bread.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

The [consistently] righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,But the stomach of the wicked is in need [of bread].

Every wise woman builds her house,but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

In the mouth of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God] is a rod for his back,But the lips of the wise [when they speak with godly wisdom] will protect them.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

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

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.

He who is slow to anger is better and more honorable than the mighty [soldier],And he who rules and controls his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;the father of a fool has no joy.

He who separates himself seeks his own desire,He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A man’s own foolishness leads him astray,yet his heart rages against the Lord.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will greatly rejoice.

for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

The one who sends a message by a fool’s handcuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder)Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

The rod and reproof give wisdom,But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.