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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyEmployeesServants Of PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

Liberality bringeth a man to honour and worship, and setteth him among great men.

Verse ConceptsEffect Of BribesAccessTalentsGifts And TalentsA Good Manspace

As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsPoor PeopleImportunity, Towards PeopleLonelinessHatred Between RelativesRelativesFriends FailingBest FriendsHateFamily And FriendsFriendship Kjvshunning

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego


A wise king sifts out the wicked [from among the good]
And drives the [threshing] wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].

Verse ConceptsThreshingWheelsWisdom, Human ImportanceGood KingsKings And Wisdom

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfWanderersBeing Dead In SinPeople Going Astrayadvertisingwandering

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Even among those that be ever at the wine, and seek excess.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineMixed Wine

A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"

Verse ConceptsExcusesSluggardsLazinessSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionssloth

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

There is a generation whose teeth are as'swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Verse ConceptsKnifesKnivesTeethOppressorsRace

There is no remembrance of the former generations ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Verse ConceptsAnonymityUnknown FutureThe Pastremembrancepast

So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrinking WineUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeexploring

Then turned I me to consider wisdom, error and foolishness: for what is he among men, that might be compared to me the king in such work?

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForAnimals Fate After DeathLiving Things

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Verse ConceptsNo ShoutingFaintnessFools

Another plague is there, which I have seen under the sun; namely, the ignorance that is commonly among princes:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgeFinancesSaving Moneyinvestingriskempowerment

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.

I compare you, my darling,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

As a lily among the thorns,

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.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly'shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so charge us?

My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.

Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

Before I was aware, my soul set me Among the chariots of my princely people.

Turn again, turn again, O thou Shulamite; turn again, turn again, that we may look upon thee. What pleasure have ye more in the Shulamite, than when she danceth among the men of war?

Come, my loved one, let us go out into the field; let us take rest among the cypress-trees.

I am the same that waked thee up among the apple trees, where thy mother bare thee, where thy mother brought thee in to the world.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,
Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]
On the mountains of spices.”

And it shall happen in the future of the days the mountain of the house of Yahweh [shall] be established; it will be among the highest of the mountains, and it shall be raised from [the] hills. All [of] the nations shall travel to him;

Verse ConceptsDays, LastThe Final Days Of TimeNames And Titles For The ChurchRevelation Of The FutureThe Temple In HeavenJerusalem In Millennial Kingdomend times prophecyEnd Of DaysEnd Times

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.

Verse ConceptsRankSkillFiftiesSkilled Peoplemagicartistscraftsmanship

And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsZion, As A PlaceNames Written In HeavenSurvivors FavouredA Holy Nationzion

Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it .

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
among the ruins of the rich.

Verse ConceptsLambsSheepAnimals Eating

Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!

Verse ConceptsdirtRoadsGod's HandMountains QuakingNo BurialsGod's Hands Stretched Out

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

Verse ConceptsBeltsSleeplessnessNot StumblingOrderly Army

"Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel."

Verse ConceptsSchismsMaking Kingsharassment

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

And when they shall say to you, Seek ye to necromancers and to wizards peeping and panting: shall not a people seek their God among the living for the dead?

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsSpiritsSpiritismNecromancyDivinationFortunetellingAvoid SpiritismOccultismguidancewitchespsychicsOccult Being Powerless Before God

For all they which inform the people that they be in a right cause, such be deceivers. Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast aways.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sBeing MisleadMisleading ChildrenLeaders

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

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

Verse ConceptsGod's HandCrouchingGod's Hands Stretched Out

For I shall send him among those hypocritical people, among the people that have deserved my disfavour shall I send him: that he may utterly rob them, spoil them, and tread them down like the mire in the street.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingGodlessnessNationalismTrampling People

Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From God

For if my people Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall turn back among them: a consumption decided overflowing justice.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfRemnantGod Doing RightDoing RightEnd Of ActionsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

And he shall set up a token among the Gentiles, and gather together the dispersed of Israel; yea, and the outcasts of Judah from the four corners of the world.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theRemnantOutcastsFour CornersFlagsFour Sides

And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.

Verse ConceptsGod's Deed RevealedThank God!

Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Titles And Names OfShouting For Joy

Listen, a tumult on the mountains,
like that of a mighty people!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations being gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

Verse ConceptsNoiseAliancesCrowdsGathering Other NationsEarthly Armies

Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.

Verse ConceptsOstrichescats

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfForeignerselection, privileges ofChoicesLand, As A Divine GiftLand, Spiritual Aspects OfParticipation, In ChristUnity, God's Goal OfAliens, Believers DutyForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Will Show MercyFamily UnityStrangers in israelAliensisrael

How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!

Verse ConceptsSatanticWeakness, PhysicalThe Morning StarFalling From HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsRebellion of Satan and AngelsSatan as DestroyerLucifersoaring

But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Verse ConceptsenvoyAnswering People

Let my outcasts [of] Moab dwell as aliens among you; be a hiding place for them from [the] presence of [the] destroyer." When the oppressor is no more, destruction has stopped, [the] {one who tramples has} disappeared from the land,

Verse ConceptsSatan as Destroyer

Yet shall there be left therein, a gleaning. As in the beating of an olive-tree, - Two-three berries in the head of the tree-top, - Four - five, among her fruitful boughs, Declareth Yahweh God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTwo Or ThreeOlive Trees

And I will stir up the Egyptians one against another among themselves, so that one shall be ever against his brother and neighbour, yea one city against another, and one kingdom against another.

Verse ConceptsChaosAnarchyHorrors Of WarCivil War

The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfBewildermentStaggeringPuzzlementuncertaintydrunkards

The oracle on Arabia, - Among the shrubs in Arabia, must ye lodge, Ye caravans of Dedanites.

Verse ConceptsForestsCaravans


For the Lord God of hosts says this, “Go to this [contemptible] steward,
To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household [but is building himself a tomb worthy of a king, and say to him],

Verse ConceptsTreasurer

on many waters.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.

Verse ConceptsMarkets

For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.

Verse ConceptsGleaningHarvestOrchardsVintagePotential Of FruitOlive Trees

Fury, have I none, - Oh that there were delivered to me briars and thorns, in battle! I would march in among them I would set fire to them one and all.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsWeedsBurning Plants

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIncreaseHumilityMeeknessCharacter Of SaintsRejoicingBeing Humblehumble

But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodSanctification

An oracle of the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, [of] lioness and lion, {among} them [are] snake and flying serpent; they carry their wealth on [the] {backs} of male donkeys and their treasures on [the] humps of camels, to a people [that] cannot profit [them].

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

Verse ConceptsPotterBreaking ContainersWeed

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames?

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

For the glorious Majesty of the LORD shall there be present among us. In that place, where fair broad rivers and streams are, shall neither Galley row, nor great ship sail.

Verse ConceptsBreadthShipssailing

Seek ye out of the scroll of Yahweh, and read, Not, one from among them, is lacking, None, hath missed, her mate, - For, a mouth, hath, itself commanded, And, his spirit, hath itself gathered them:

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritUnity, Of God's PeopleStudentsBible, Names OfThe Holy Spirit In CreationNothing MissingOld Testament Claims InspirationMissing SomeoneReading The BibleSoulmatesgatheringseekinghomecoming

And the redeemed of the LORD shall convert, and come to Zion with thanksgiving. Everlasting joy shall they have, pleasure and gladness shall be among them. And as for all sorrow and heaviness, it shall vanish away.

Verse ConceptsSighingecstasyGod, The EternalHeadsLand, As A Divine GiftRansomRegretSingingSorrowSpiritual VitalityUnhappinessWhat Heaven Will Be LikePromised JoyEternal BlessingPromise of returnBenefits Of SadnessThe Redeemed Of The LordYou Will Rejoice In SalvationAbsence Of Regret