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He wiped out every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

Look, this town is close enough for me to run to. It is a small place. Please let me go there—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.”

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGodly Fear, Examples OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleIndividuals Fearing GodNot SparingGod ForbiddingLeaving People Alone

and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

“Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only You will make my journey successful!

Verse ConceptsSuccess Through Godspringtime

You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

Esau said to his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.

Verse ConceptsWeepingOthers MourningPeople Blessing

We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

Verse ConceptsAgreementBecoming Like PeopleConsentNecessity Of Circumcision

But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleBecoming Like PeopleConsentLiving In The LandNecessity Of Circumcision

Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”

Verse ConceptsLiving In The LandTaking Possession

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” he replied.

But she said, “Only if you leave something with me until you send it.”

Verse ConceptsWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsThin Bodies

You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

They said, “Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

Verse ConceptsBuying Food

The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”

Verse ConceptsMaking SlavesExempt

and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofJacob, Life And Character OfPrejudiceSole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Who LovedExamples Of Love For Children

The only land he didn’t acquire was the priests’ portion, for it was given to them by Pharaoh. They lived off the rations Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersDividing Food

So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsHuman LawStatutes To This Day

along with all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their sheep, and their cattle were left in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You make the choice rather than me. When should I ask on behalf of you, your officials, and your people, that the frogs be taken away from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile?”

Verse ConceptsWhen?

the frogs will go away from you, your houses, your officials, and your people. The frogs will remain only in the Nile.”

Verse ConceptsLeavingHouses Under Attack

The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites were.

No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, for that is what you have been asking for.” And they were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

Verse Conceptsdriving outMen WorshippingWorshipping God

Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningWorship God!

Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

Verse ConceptsHeadsLegsEating Meatporkcookinglungs

You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that.

Verse ConceptsHolidayWork, And RestConvocationsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7No Work On Feast DaysChristmas TreeGraduationcookingprepping

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeMeatSelf PityCynicismDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathPlenty In EgyptNo FoodGod Might Kill His PeoplePots For Cooking And EatingDying In The Desert WeedComplaininghungerpot

For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will listen because I am compassionate.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBodyCovering The BodyCries Of Distress To GodGod Pays Attention

But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscessscars

But if the spot has remained where it was and has not spread on the skin but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn. The priest is to pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingscars

the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

Verse ConceptsWhite Spots

It is to be holy to you because it is the Jubilee; you may only eat its produce directly from the field.

Verse ConceptsHoly Times

If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeAccording To Timeaccounting

Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted.

Verse ConceptsMorningOne DaySetting Out

However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.

Verse ConceptsOne Material Thing

But Moses asked him, “Are you jealous on my account? If only all the Lord’s people were prophets and the Lord would place His Spirit on them!”

Verse ConceptsThose Jealous For People

They said, “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” And the Lord heard it.

Verse ConceptsAaron, CharacterWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example Of

All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsFaultsMurmuringDiscontentDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathGrumbling At PeopleDying In The Desert Complainingwandering

Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!”

Verse ConceptsImmanuelRebellion, Against GodRebellion Against God, Nature OfGod With YouEasy For PeopleUnguardedDo Not Fear MenRebellion against GodProtection From EnemiesRemoving People From Your Life

Only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to scout out the land.

Verse ConceptsLiving Onexploring

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InDisputesCynicismDesire For DeathDeath

“We will go on the main road,” the Israelites replied to them, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay its price. There will be no problem; only let us travel through on foot.”

Verse ConceptsHighwayMan Providing WaterPaying For Goods

Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.

Verse ConceptsArnon

God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGoing Together

Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordGoing TogetherSpeaking The Word God Gives

Balaam said to him, “Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.”

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMouthsOraclesOracles Of BalaamSpeaking The Word God Gives

“What have you done to me?” Balak asked Balaam. “I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them!”

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Blessing And CurseBlessed By Godcurses

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.”

Verse ConceptsSubdivisionsCursing Israel

Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons—only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

You can sell us food in exchange for silver so we may eat, and give us water for silver so we may drink. Only let us travel through on foot,

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingWaterBuying Food

We took only the livestock and the spoil from the cities we captured as plunder for ourselves.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of War

(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13 feet six inches long and six feet wide by a standard measure.)

Verse ConceptsBreadthBedsIronMetalsGiantsIron ObjectsSole SurvivorsDimensions Of Other Things

Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceNot Seeing God

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commands always, so that they and their children will prosper forever.

Verse ConceptsFear Of The LordPenitentReceptive HeartsFear God!Keep The Commandments!

You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.

if only you obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsA Place For God's Nameanniversary

But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.

Verse ConceptsCapital Punishment

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

Verse ConceptsTailsHead As ChiefKeep The Commandments!Never Giving Up

so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahNot Knowing PeopleThose OppressedAbuseoppression

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsFew People

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionDespondency, Causes OfHeart, HumanSleeplessnessMiseryUnrestIn The Morning

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

Verse ConceptsA Solitary People

If only they were wise, they would figure it out;
they would understand their fate.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForThoughtfulnessAcquiring Wisdomfate

Early on the seventh day, they started at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same way. That was the only day they marched around the city seven times.

Verse ConceptsDawnRising EarlySeven TimesThe Seventh Day Of The WeekAt DaybreakThose Who Rose EarlyDay 7Falling

But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the men we sent.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedHelpfulnessKillingSpiesPeople Hiding PeopleUnder The Ban

“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

Verse ConceptsSadnessCrossing Into The Promised LandGod Will Cause DefeatWhy Does God Do This?

Israel plundered only the cattle and spoil of that city for themselves, according to the Lord’s command that He had given Joshua.

all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians.

I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Joseph’s descendants said to Joshua, “Why did you give us only one tribal allotment as an inheritance? We have many people, because the Lord has been blessing us greatly.”

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

Wasn’t Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath on the entire community of Israel? He was not the only one who perished because of his sin.’”

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofUnfaithfulness, To GodNot AloneUnder The Ban

I will put a fleece of wool here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that You will deliver Israel by my strength, as You said.”

Verse ConceptsThreshing Floorstoriesgideon

That night God did as Gideon requested: only the fleece was dry, and dew was all over the ground.

If only these people were in my power, I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Gather your army and come out.”

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature Of

But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!”

Verse ConceptsRescueWe Have SinnedCompetition

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “I’ll take care of everything you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.”

Verse ConceptsSalutationsHospitalityTravellersCity Squareswelcome

Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”

Verse ConceptsCooking, MethodsStewardshipBurning Sacrifices

But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, both Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.

Verse ConceptsBodyHeadsMorningRising EarlyBeheadingCutting Off Hands And FeetThose Who Rose EarlyThings Fallingstatues

Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtoreths and only worshiped the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod Alone

So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hand of any of the troops who were with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

Verse ConceptsSoldiers

Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

Verse ConceptsTemperEnvy, Example OfDislikingFrustrationAngry People

He did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesPriests, Function In Ot TimesPurity, Nature OfShowbread

The Philistine commanders, however, were enraged with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the battle. What better way could he regain his master’s favor than with the heads of our men?

Verse ConceptsSending people homeUnnamed People Angry With Others

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole house, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.”

Verse ConceptsLeprosyBodyLackWeakness, PhysicalNo FoodDischargesWithout Strength

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