38 Bible Verses about Cords
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I guided them with human kindness, with loving reins. I acted toward them like one who removes a yoke from their neck; I bent down and fed them.
If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, the tri-braided cord is not soon broken.
In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
"Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you will no longer be their slaves, since I've broken their oppressive yoke upon you to make you walk upright."
"When Israel was a young child I loved him, and from Egypt I called my son.
that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you won't be able to say, "I made Abram rich.'
So Delilah grabbed some new ropes and tied him up. Then she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you, Samson!" because some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like thread.
While they were bringing her out, she sent this message to her father-in-law: "I am pregnant by the man to whom these things belong. Furthermore," she added, "tell me to whom this signet ring, cord, and staff belongs."
when we invade the land, if you don't tie this rope made with red cords in the window through which you let us down, and if you don't gather your father, your mother, your brothers, and all of the rest of your father's household into your house.
"Since you put it that way," she replied, "I agree." After she sent them on their way and they had left, she tied the red cord in the window.
While she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, so the midwife grabbed it and tied something scarlet around his hand, observing, "This one came out first."
Afterwards, his brother came out, and around his hand was the scarlet. So they named him Zerah.
They are to fasten the rings on the breast piece to the rings on the ephod with a blue cord so it will rest on the skillfully woven band of the ephod and so the breast piece won't come loose from the ephod.
They tied the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord so it would rest on the skillfully woven band of the ephod and so the breast piece would not come loose from the ephod.
You are to put it on a blue cord and place it on the turban. It is to be on the front of the turban
They fastened a blue cord to it in order to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
the pegs for the tent, the pegs for the court, and their cords,
There were curtains of white and blue linen tied with cords of fine linen and purple material to silver rings on marble columns. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other precious stones.
They hammered out gold sheets and cut off threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet material and into the fine linen, a work of skillful design.
You are to put the two gold cords on the two gold rings at the edges of the breast piece,
in woven or knitted material, in leather, or with any article containing leather,
if the contagion is greenish or reddish in the clothing, leather, woven material, knitted material, or with any article containing leather, it's a fungal infection and is to be shown to the priest.
The priest is to examine the contagion on the seventh day. If the infection has spread on the clothing, in the woven material, the knitted material, or in the leather, no matter the purpose for which the leather material had been manufactured, the contagion is a chronic fungal infection. It's unclean.
"Incinerate the clothing, the woven material, the knitted material (whether wool or linen), or any of the leather articles on which the contagion is found, because it's a chronic fungal infection. It is to be incinerated.
"But if the priest examines it and the infection did not spread on the clothing, either in the woven or knitted material or on anything made of leather,
"If the priest examines the item and determines that the contagion has become dull after it has been washed, tear it away from the garment, leather, woven material, or knitted material.
But if it recurs on the clothing (whether woven or knitted material) or on any article made of leather, it's a breakout, so incinerate it with fire wherever the contagion is found.
Then the clothing (whether it is woven or knitted material) or any article made of leather that you've washed, if the contagion has been removed from it and it's washed a second time, then it's clean.
"This is the law concerning fungal contagions on clothing of wool or linen (whether woven or knitted material) or in any of the articles made of leather, for determining whether it is clean or unclean."
When the silver cord is severed, the golden vessel is broken, the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern,
Though the ropes of the wicked have ensnared me, I have not forgotten your instruction.
From Thematic Bible
Cords » Cords
Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?
the pegs for the tent, the pegs for the court, and their cords,
the hangings for the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pegs, all the furnishings for the service of the tent, for the Tent of Meeting,
So they said, "No, we won't. But we're going to tie you up securely and transfer you to their custody. But we won't kill you." Then they bound him with two ropes and brought him up from the caves.
Cords » Cords of the cross » It was not because he was friendless
Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?
Cords » Cords of the cross » Resignation to the divine will
He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."
Cords » Cords of the cross » It was not human weakness
No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."
Silver » Cords
When the silver cord is severed, the golden vessel is broken, the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern,
Topics on Cords
Blue Cords
Exodus 26:4You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you are to make loops along the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.
Red Cords
Joshua 2:21"Since you put it that way," she replied, "I agree." After she sent them on their way and they had left, she tied the red cord in the window.