12 occurrences

'Looked Up' in the Bible

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityEvil TimesGod Seeing The WickedMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption

Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are God Who Sees”; for she said, “Have I not even here [in the wilderness] remained alive after seeing Him [who sees me with understanding and compassion]?”

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordBowingSalutationsThree MenIndividuals RunningTrinity

On the third day [of travel] Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekSeeing At A Distancedistance

Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamHornsRamsSubstitutionNames Of GodHorns Of AnimalsVicarious Substitution

Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.

Verse ConceptsEveningRelationships With Boyfriendphotography

Rebekah also raised her eyes and looked, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.

Verse ConceptsDismountingSeeing People

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingMen And Women Who LovedPeople With Apt Names

And Jacob looked upon the face of Laban, - and lo! it was not with him as afore-time.

Verse ConceptsWorseChange

And it happened at the time when the flock conceived that I looked up and saw in a dream that the rams which mated [with the female goats] were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female slaves.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So Jacob replied, “They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Verse ConceptsBad ParentsChildren, attitudes towardsSanctity Of LifeChildren, A Gift From GodWho Is This?Gifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodSeeing People

Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsBalmsCaravansHerbs And SpicesMoney, Uses OfMyrrhPerfumeTradeTravelCamelsCommercePeople EatingSitting In Fellowship

And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored.

Verse ConceptsFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsBeauty, In MenSeeking FoodAuthority Delegated To PeopleHandsome Men

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

Verse ConceptsOther Sad People

And he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s [only other] son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” And Joseph said, “God be gracious to you and show you favor, my son.”

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

And it happened in those days, when Moses was grown, he went out to his brothers and looked upon their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were very frightened; so the Israelites cried out to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfCrying To GodFearing Other People

And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfNightObelisksGod Appearing In FireGod Seeing The WickedPuzzlementcloudsarmy

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel looked upon Moses and saw that the skin of his face shone with beams, they were afraid to come nigh him.

Verse ConceptsShining FacesFear, Caused ByFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceLight Of God's PeopleFear Of Individuals

And Moses looked upon all the structure and lo! they had made it, as Yahweh had commanded, so, had they made it, - and Moses blessed them.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Blessed Others

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

Verse ConceptsBodydiseasesMiracles, Nature OfSnowAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentWhite HairDisease

And Moses brought out all the staves from before the LORD, unto all the children of Israel, and they looked upon them, and took every man his staff.

And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole. And it happened that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked upon the serpent of brass, he lived.

Verse ConceptsSerpentsTypes Of Christ

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of GodCamping During The ExodusSeeing People

so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers, - and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression;

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To ThemI Pray

Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Verse ConceptsStandingGod's Sword

For when the flame came up out of the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked upon and fell flat on their faces unto the ground.

Verse ConceptsProstrationCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

When he looked up, he saw the traveler [and his companions] in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed to see it.

Verse ConceptsHarvestWheat

To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

Verse ConceptsDeliverersGod's Action TomorrowAnointing KingsCries Of Distress To GodMaking KingsIndividuals Saving Others

And it came to pass, when they entered, that he looked upon Eliab, - and said to himself, Surely, before Yahweh, is his Anointed.

Verse ConceptsWorthinessLooking Intently At PeopleLeadership Qualities

Now Absalom fled. And the young man who kept watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesWatchmanWest

When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes even as he was walking on the walls. And when the people looked upon him: see, he was clothed in sack under.

Verse ConceptsBodySackcloth And AshesThose Who Tore Clothes

He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,

Verse Conceptsjezebel

And yet this seemed little in thine eyes O God. But that thou shouldest speak of thy servant's house for a great while to come: and hast looked upon me as upon a man of high degree, O LORD God.

Verse ConceptsFuture

When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down with their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

Verse ConceptsObliteration

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Verse ConceptsHuman FavourMan's CounselWomen's Rolesmakeup

For how shall I be able and I looked upon the evil which shall be found with my people? And how shall I be able and I looked upon the destruction of my kindred?

Verse ConceptsLove Between Relatives

Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman Desiresmyself

“All men have seen God’s work;Man looks at it from a distance.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's Worksdistance

I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAfflictions

For from all straits he delivered me, and mine eyes looked upon my enemies.

So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryGlory Of GodThose Who Saw GodGod Showed His Power

For be looked forth from the height of his holy place; from the heavens Jehovah looked upon the earth;

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryAcrophobiaGod Seeing All The EarthGod Acts From Heaven

Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry.

Verse ConceptsCryingGod Paid Attention To Them

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Prophecies OfBeing ReprovedMessianic Prophecies

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeSeeing Situations

When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

Isaiah said, "What have they looked upon in thine house?" Hezekiah answered, "All that is in mine house have they seen: and there is nothing in my treasure, but I showed it them."

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

They seek of me righteous judgments, and will draw nigh unto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not looked upon it? Have humbled our souls, and thou wouldest not wit it?

Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesMastersOppression, Nature OfHow To FastPointless FastingHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And PrayerAbuse

"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

Verse ConceptsemptinessFormlessness

On this I awoke and looked up; and my sleep was sweet to me.

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalSleeping Peacefullyawakening

I beheld him, and he was like a clear light, as it had been all of fire within from his loins upward. And beneath when I looked upon him under the loins, methought he was like a shining fire, that giveth light on every side.

Verse ConceptsGod Is LightSparkling

And as I looked up, I saw as it were a likeness of fire from his loins downward, and from his loins upward it shined marvelous clear.

Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureGod Is LightColorRainbow

He said to me, "Son of man, look up toward the north." So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

Verse ConceptsNorthCompassesGateways Of The TempleNorth Of The AltarGod Opposes Idolatry

And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, thrusting about thee in thy blood, And said to thee - Despite thy blood, ye! Yea I said to thee - Despite thy blood, live!

Verse ConceptsFilthinessPassing ByDegradationCovered With BloodGod Giving Life

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

Verse ConceptsCoveringFaithfulness, To GodCovering The BodyHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyNakednessOaths, DivinePassing ByWeddingsWivesSexual LoveCovenant RelationshipsNaked In PovertyFringe Of ClothesPeople Belong To GodA Time For LoveCovenant Made At SinaiGod As A HusbandLove And Relationships

Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

Verse ConceptsAppearancesRich Food

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever:For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingPraiseLooking HeavenwardGod Reigning ForeverRegaining SanitySpecific Praising Of God

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

Verse ConceptsRamsLong ThingsHorns In AllegoryTwo Of Body Parts

I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.

Verse ConceptsBeltsGoldLinenGold Ornaments

When the mountains looked upon you, they trembled; the overflowing water passed by, the ocean shouted, and its waves surged upward.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterMountains QuakingLifting HandsDeep Seas

And I {looked up} and I saw, and look, [there were] four horns!

Verse ConceptsHorns Of Animalsempowerment

And I {looked up} and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand [was] a measuring rope!

Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodCarpentry Toolsaccomplishmentmeasurement

{I looked up again}, and I saw, and look!--a flying scroll!

Verse Conceptsflying

And I {looked up} and saw, and look!--two women coming forward, and [the] wind [was] in their wings, and they had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsWomen In ProphecyTwo WomenThings Lifted UpHeavenly Visionflying

{I looked up again}, and I saw, and look!--four chariots coming out from between two mountains, and the mountains [were] mountains of bronze.

Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureBrassHeavenly ChariotsThings Like BronzeTwo Other ThingsFour Other Things

Behold me sending my messenger, and he looked upon the way before my face: and suddenly Jehovah whom ye seek shall come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in: behold him coming, said Jehovah of armies.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newElijah, Prophecies OfPreparing God's WayHeraldLast ThingsMissionaries, Call OfProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerMessianic PropheciesSudden EventsGod Sends ProphetsStatus Of The TemplePreparationEclipse

And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessRiches, Nature OfSittingThankfulnessThanksgivingThanksgiving Before MealsFive ThingsFeeding GroupsReclining To EatThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTwo AnimalsGiving Food And DrinkJesus PrayingThanking God For FoodDividing Food

and [although they] wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsHatredArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus The Prophet

And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Verse ConceptsBreaking Of BreadThankfulnessFive ThingsTwo AnimalsThanking God For FoodDividing FoodFish

Then again He put His hands on his eyes, and he looked up; and was restored, and saw all things distinctly.

Verse ConceptsLaying On Hands To HealLooking And SeeingHope And Healing

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, 'With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

Verse ConceptsAll Things Being PossibleGod, Power OfChrist SeeingPossibilities For GodImpossible For PeoplePossible For GodMan's Relation To Godimpossible

And Jesus said to him, Go; thy faith hath saved thee: and immediately he looked up, and followed Jesus in the way.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristFaith, And Blessings Of GodHealingFaith And HealingHope And Healing

But if we say, 'From men'"--they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John {as truly a prophet}.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

Verse ConceptsWarmingChrist With People On Earth

Looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, though it was extremely large.

Verse ConceptsBarriersBig ThingsRolling

Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me , to take away my reproach among men.

For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsGod And The HumbleBlessed By Godmindfulness

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