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who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.

Verse ConceptsAutumnSaints, As PilgrimsPoolsTearsMetaphorical SpringsOvercoming Adversity

The enemy shall not use force on him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Verse ConceptsTributesOvercoming

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsGod, Justice OfGod, Righteousness OfJacob, The PatriarchJusticeGood KingsLove And Strengthfairness

Moses and Aaron, were among his priests, And, Samuel, was among them who were calling upon his Name, Who were calling upon Yahweh, and, he, used to answer them:

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestAnswered PrayerCalling upon GodPrayer, Answers ToGod Answered

In the pillar of cloud, used he to speak unto them, They kept his testimonies, and the statute he gave them.

Verse ConceptsGod SpeakingOld Testament Claims Inspiration

So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

Verse ConceptsNo HelpThe Fact Of Toilhardwork

Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me, as thou used to do to those who love thy name.

Verse ConceptsLoving God's Things

For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Believer's Relation ToWicked RulersRighteous, TheSceptreRestwickedness

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].

Verse ConceptsYoung MenKeeping Man's Word

Every prudent man, maketh use of knowledge, but, a dullard, spreadeth folly.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfForethoughtsGoal SettingValuing Knowledge

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

Verse ConceptsExploitationsGod DefendingGod Suing

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

Verse ConceptsHoneyBitter FoodSweetnessMore Than EnoughBitternesshunger

Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceDenying GodProfaning God's NameShortagesWho Is God?The poorBeing Contentdenial

I dedicated myself to using wisdom for study and discovery of everything that is done under heaven. God uses terrible things so human beings will struggle with life.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

Then I said to myself, “As it happens to the fool, so death will also happen to me. What use is it then for me to be extremely wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This too is vanity (meaningless).”

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

But those riches perish by evil use. And he brings forth a son, and nothing is in his hand.

Verse ConceptsBad LuckBeing Lost

Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.

Verse ConceptsReceiving An InheritanceBenefits Of WisdomWisdom

I used my wisdom to test all of this. I said, "I want to be wise," but it was beyond me.

Verse ConceptsTesting Other Things

And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, their graves , that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, - even this, was vanity.

Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

Use thy self to live joyfully with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life which is but vanity, that God hath given thee under the Sun; all the days of thy vanity. For that is thy portion in this life, of all thy labor and travail that thou takest under the Sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom helps one to succeed.

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpeningBenefits Of WisdomSuccess Through GodSuccess And Hard Workenergy

If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

Verse ConceptsBabblersSnakebites

“I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesGoatsBullsBlood Of SacrificesDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfGod, Will OfPleasureNot Pleasing GodMore Than EnoughSacrificesMeat offeringsRewards Of RitualSacrificetired

How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

Verse ConceptsBabylonSpiritual HarlotryInjustice, Examples OfProstitutionHarlotswhores

For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with what comes from the east, and use auguries like the Philistines, and ally themselves with the children of foreigners.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

Verse ConceptsRankSkillFiftiesSkilled Peoplemagicartistscraftsmanship

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

Which used to speak on this manner: "Let him make haste now, and go forth with his work, that we may see it! Let that counsel of the holy one of Israel come, and draw nigh, that we may know it!"

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's WordScoffers

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

Verse ConceptsCoveringBodySeraphimTheophanyWingsSix ThingsAngel's WingsTwo Of Body PartsThose FlyingCherubimflying

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHiringLegsShavingRazorsThe Hair Of The BodyTrimming Facial HairCutting HairBeyond The EuphratesHair

And it shall some to pass in that day, that, every place wherein there used to be a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver, - yea, even for briars and thorns, shall it be.

Verse ConceptsCoinageVinesWeedsA Thousand Things

As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

Verse ConceptsHillsTilling The SoilFear, Of NaturalCultivation

They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsSpiritsSpiritismNecromancyDivinationFortunetellingAvoid SpiritismOccultismguidancewitchespsychicsOccult Being Powerless Before God

For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian's defeat.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toCivil LibertyYokesRemoving BurdensGod Freeing Captives

For every warrior's boot used in battle, and every garment rolled in blood; this shall be used for burning and as fuel for the fire.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWeaponsShoesHorrors Of WarWeapons For Fuel

The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with cut stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we use cedars instead.

Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaToolsAssyria, Facts OfThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaWeapons Of God

Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.

Verse ConceptsAxesSelf ConfidenceToolsWoodInfidelity To GodSawsClubsDo Not Be ProudScoffers

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRemnantDoing Repeatedly

Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end?

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfCessationStopping Fighting

Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

Verse Conceptsrelentless

"The afterlife below is all astir to meet you when you arrive; it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you everyone who used to be world leaders. It has raised up from their thrones all who used to be kings of the nations.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheGreetingsSpiritsThroneDeath Of The Wickedwelcome

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesPasturing The Flock


Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—
Therefore you plant lovely plants
And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,

Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockRocksMetaphorical Plantingmindfulness

The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

Verse ConceptsadvisersHuman EmotionGuidance, Need For God'sHeart, HumanMediumsPessimismPlansSpiritsDivinationNecromancyLosing CourageOccultismOccult Being Powerless Before God

For the LORD hath made Egypt drunken with the spirit of error, and they shall use it in all matters: even like as a drunken man goeth spewing about.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfBewildermentStaggeringPuzzlementuncertaintydrunkards

Is this your jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places?

Verse ConceptsHistory Of NationsFar From Here

Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord's presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

Verse ConceptsMerchandiseStoring Treasure On EarthWages Of A Prostitute

And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServants Of PeopleLike People In CharacterLending And Borrowingservanthoodmistresspriests

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.

For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

Verse ConceptsProtection, Not Found InExterminationNothingUseless Labour

And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

But ye shall sing, as the use is in the night of the holy solemnity. Ye shall rejoice from your heart, as they that come with the pipe, when they go up to the mount of the LORD, unto the rock of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGod's WaysLife, Of FaithHighwayPurity, Nature OfWay, TheThe Work Of FoolsMaking RoadsWalking In God's WayHolinessErrorHighwaysFoolsMissing SomeoneBeing LostThe Environmentbridgesvacation

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceReedsStaffTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstTrusting Other People

Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

Verse ConceptsLanguages

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

Verse ConceptsConfusionVanityIdols Not Existingimage

One will say, 'I belong to the Lord,' and another will use the name 'Jacob.' One will write on his hand, 'The Lord's,' and use the name 'Israel.'"

Verse ConceptsTattoosWriting On PeoplePeople Belong To Godisraelbelongingbranding

Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsShameCoal, Uses OfShame Of Idolatrycraftsmanship

The ironsmith shapes iron and uses a chisel and works it over the coals. He forms the [idol’s] core with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He also becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and grows tired.

Verse ConceptsArmsPhysical HungerOccupationsToolsCoal, Uses OfBlacksmithsTired In Activitycatswoodworking

He cuts down cedars for his use,
or he takes a cypress or an oak.
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, FalseTreesWarmingFirewoodSelf Imagecookingimage

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries in which thou didst labor from thy youth; perhaps thou wilt be able to be of use, perhaps thou wilt cause fear.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAstrologyMagiciansSorcerymagic

Even so shall they be unto thee whom thou hast used and occupied from thy youth. Every one shall show thee his erroneous way, yet shall none of them defend thee.

Verse ConceptsNo One Can SaveDirection

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

But I myself said, "I have labored in vain; I have used up my strength for nothing and vanity! Nevertheless, my justice [is] with Yahweh, and my reward [is] with my God."

Verse ConceptsFutilityLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfHand Of GodReward, DivineUseless LabourTrusting God's PlanNatural DisastersSuccess And Hard Workenergyvindication

This is what the Lord says:

Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
that I used to send her away?
Or who were My creditors that I sold you to?
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away
because of your transgressions.

Verse ConceptsCreditdivorce, in OTCertificate of divorceBuying and sellingImperfection, And God's PurposesMarriage, Between God And His PeopleMothers, As A SymbolBills Of DivorceMothers

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsProtectionSecurityHelp From GodJustification Under The GospelImputed RighteousnessGod VindicatesEzekiel InvasionGod Protector Of IsraelJudgementcondemnationaccusationsvindicationprospering

This is what the Lord says,
“Maintain justice and do righteousness,
For My salvation is soon to come,
And My righteousness and justice is soon to be revealed.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialBeing FairOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversImputed RighteousnessFinal Salvationfairness

And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.

Verse ConceptsRuinsWallsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredRepairingbridgesrebuilding

Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

Verse ConceptsViolenceGarments

They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths

Instead of thy being forsaken and hated so that none used to pass through thee, I will make of thee - An excellency age-abiding, The joy of generation after generation.

Verse ConceptsFuturePeople Abandoning PeoplePeople Being HatedYou Will Rejoice In SalvationExcellencereinforcement


“And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse,
And the Lord God will put you to death,
But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Renaming PeopleNames Blotted OutGod KillsA New Namecurses

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing

They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsTreesPlanting VineyardsLifelongLifespanDifferent PersonHard WorkLiveBeing Happy And Enjoying Life

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult over her All ye who love her, - Joy with her right joyfully, All ye who used to mourn over her:

Verse ConceptsLoving God's Things