2 occurrences

'Stand Still' in the Bible

And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.

Verse ConceptsEscapingFuturedoubt, results ofExamples Of EscapingHesitationLooking BackwardEscaping To MountainsOutside The CityLooking Back

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Verse ConceptsBeing AfraidDeliverance, Means OfStillnessNot Seeing PeopleDo Not Fear For God Will Helpfearless

And if the brightness shall stand still, lowest, spreading not, it the scar of the burning sore; and the priest cleansed him.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscessscars

And if the brightness shall stand still, the lowest, spreading not in the skin, and it was dim; it a rising of the burning, and the priest cleansed him: for it a scar of the burning.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingscars

But and if he see that the scab stand still, and that there is black hair grown up therein, then the scab is healed and he is clean: and the priest shall judge him clean.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyBlack Hair

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Verse ConceptsFindingWaitingStillnessPeople WaitingPaying Attention To GodWaiting On The Lord

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesStandingMotionlessnessComing To RestWalking Through WaterIn The JordanPriests In Actionpriests

When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water in the Jordan River, the water that feeds the Jordan will be cut off from above and they'll stand still in a single location."

Verse ConceptsEarth, Belonging To GodBearingCessationDry LandFeet In ActionIn The JordanNature Of GodThings Stopping

Then spoke Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah gave up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still upon Gibeon; And thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!

Verse ConceptsThe SunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshine

They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us so that he may pass by but you stand still now so that I may proclaim the word of God to you.”

Verse ConceptsStillnessPeople Going Before

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Righteousness OfStillnessGod Doing RightDoing Right

Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's Works

If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

Verse ConceptsBe Still!

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTired In Pursuittired

And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth rib, and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth -- they stand still.

Verse ConceptsBackSpearsStomachsPiercingsMotionlessnessComing To RestStriking To Death

And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCessationStopping FightingTrumpets To Stop Fighting

And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesCessationStopping Still

And Amasa lay wallowing in blood in the midst of the way. And there was a man that saw all the people stand still. And when he saw that all that came by him stood still, he rolled Amasa out of the way into the field and cast a cloth upon him.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCovered With BloodTragedy On The StreetsCorpses Of Other People

But Naaman flew into a rage and left, telling himself, "Look! I thought "He's surely going to come out to me, stand still, call out in the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the infection, and cure the leprosy!'

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodPride, Examples OfAnger, Sinful ExamplesStretching OutWaving The HandAngry People

You need not fight in this battle; take your positions, stand and witness the salvation of the Lord who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.’”

Verse ConceptsAssurance in the life of faithFear, Overcome BystruggleBattletomorrowdeliverance

Notwithstanding, I sent messengers unto them, saying, "I have a great business to do, I cannot come down. The work should stand still, if I were negligent, and came down to you."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutLazinessCessationGreat Things

I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernDoubtGod Not Answering

And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingPeople Being Silent

“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bow themselves; when the millers stand still, because they be so few, and when the sight of the windows shall wax dim;

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days

Stand still and wonder! Blind your eyes and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Verse ConceptsAmazingdrinkingStaggeringStrong DrinkBlindingGod Making DrunkOther Blindinguncertaintybeerdrunkards

Lift up a signal flag toward Zion.Run for cover! Don’t stand still!For I am bringing disaster from the north—a great destruction.

Verse ConceptsSafetyGod DestroyingOut Of The NorthFlags

Yea, wild asses stand still on the bare heights, They pant for air like jackals, - Dimmed are their eyes Because there is no grass.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathWild Donkeys

"Preach throughout the land of Egypt, and cause it be proclaimed at Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes, and say: Stand still, make thee ready, for the sword shall consume thee round about.

Verse ConceptsHeraldMemphis

Ah, sword of Yahweh, {how long} will you not be quiet? Gather to your sheath, keep quiet and stand still.

Verse ConceptsBe Still!God's Sword

"Upon Damascus, Hamath and Arpad shall come confusion, for they shall hear evil tidings: they shall be tossed to and fro like the sea that cannot stand still.

Verse ConceptsNewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

No man shall be able to dwell there, for the fear of the LORD, but she shall be whole desolate. All they that go by Babylon, shall stand still, and be abashed, and shall wonder at all her plagues.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies OfRidicule, Nature OfScoffingBabylon Left DesolateEmpty CitiesHissingPeople Appalled

You who have escaped the sword,go and do not stand still!Remember the Lord from far away,and let Jerusalem come to your mind.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldRememberingPeople RememberingExodusGood Things From Far AwayjerusalemBelievers Remembering God

Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream tears daily and nightly, Give not rest to thyself, Let not the daughter of thine eye stand still.

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightWeepingCrying To GodFigurative WallsEyes Cared ForNo Comfort

They moved around whenever they wanted to move around, and they stood still whenever they wanted to stand still; and whenever they rose from the earth, the wheels remained close beside them, because the wheels were also alive.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestPersons With ThingsCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpSpirit Of Creatures

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpSpirit Of Creatures

Then shall the prince come under the door porch, and stand still without by the door check. So the priests shall offer up his burnt and health offerings. And he shall worship at the door post, and go his way forth again: but the door shall no more be shut till the evening.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingGatesGates Of The TempleShutting GatesEntering The TempleGoing OutsideAction Until Evening

The pangs of a woman in labour, shall overtake him, - he, is a son, not wise, for, now, he cannot stand still, when children are about to be born.

Verse ConceptsWombLabour PainsBirth Not Being Possible

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,at the flash of Your flying arrows,at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningTheophanyThe SunSparklingWeapons Of GodControlling Sun Moon And StarsArrowsThe Moon

The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army];He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feetAnd makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility].For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

Verse ConceptsFeetDeersHigh PlacesMusicOccupationsRich, TheAnimals, Types OfStringsFeet SecureGod Our StrengthDeer Etc.ancient ChoirsDeerphotographyinstruments

38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCessationStopping StillMan Going DownChristian BaptismBaptism

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