So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, “Not a bone of Him shall be broken.”

By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month.

They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one slain or the one dying naturally or the grave.

“Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’

Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you will not be commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’”

It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.

He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

“I will put hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords;

“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;
And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

His breath is like an overflowing torrent,
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.

Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’

then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.

After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.”

Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.

“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

As for the prophets:
My heart is broken within me,
All my bones tremble;
I have become like a drunken man,
Even like a man overcome with wine,
Because of the Lord
And because of His holy words.

“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,
And it prevailed over them.
He has spread a net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me desolate,
Faint all day long.

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has broken my bones.

Their appearance is blacker than soot,
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is withered, it has become like wood.

I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”

Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.

His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

“At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.

“My skin turns black on me,
And my bones burn with fever.

The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.

I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;

“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away;
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Moab and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”

“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,

Who eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Break their bones
And chop them up as for the pot
And as meat in a kettle.”

I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.

But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it entered into his body like water
And like oil into his bones.

For my days have been consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Because of the loudness of my groaning
My bones cling to my flesh.

It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Bright eyes gladden the heart;
Good news puts fat on the bones.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.