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Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But if thou do not right, at the entrance a sin-bearer is lying, - Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodAbel and CainDoorsSin, Causes OfCrouchingEvil DesiresThe Entrance Of SinAcceptanceDoing The Right ThingSmiling

After this, Judah told his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Go live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." But he was really thinking, ""otherwise, Shelah might die like his brothers." So Tamar left and lived in her father's house.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessGrowing UpDaughters In LawPossibility Of DeathActual WidowsWaiting Till Marriage

And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesGoing Up MountainsMan Going DownBreaking Forth

And Moses said to Yahweh, "See, you [are] saying to me, 'Take this people up.' But you have not let me know whom you will send with me, and you yourself have said, 'I know you by name, and you also have found favor in my eyes.'

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingDivine FavourGod Knowing His People

And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up, but the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

But if you turn your heart away, and do not obey, but instead if you stray away to worship and serve other gods,

Verse ConceptsIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsPenalties For Serving Other Gods

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpUnderestimation

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

Verse ConceptsdefeatThree Thousand And UpIsrael FleeingDefeat Of God's People

And Gideon said unto him - Pardon, my lord! if Yahweh be with us, then wherefore hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders, which our fathers have recounted to us - saying, Was it not, out of Egypt, that Yahweh brought us up? But, now, hath Yahweh abandoned us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

Verse ConceptsdoubtersHistoryWhy Does This Happen?God Will Cause DefeatMiraclesgideon

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsLimitations Of Youth

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

Verse ConceptsCamelsWearing JewelleryApproval To Kill Oneself

They said to him, "Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn't it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man's family?"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

So get cleaned up, put on some perfume, dress up, and go to the threshing floor, but don't let him see you until after he's finished eating and drinking.

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilOintmentPerfumeClothing OneselfOuter GarmentsAnointing OneselfClean FacesEating And DrinkingPeople Made Known

When David inquired of the Lord, He said, “You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodTreesFalling

Then said his servants unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done? For the child's sake, while living, thou didst fast and weep, but, as soon as the child was dead, thou didst arise and eat food.

Verse ConceptsPeople EatingWhat Do You Do?Death Of A Child

Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

It happened that when they saw a great deal of money in the chest, the secretary of the king and the high priest would come up, put the money in bags, then count the money found in the temple of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsScribesCounting MoneyMoney For The Temple

When I lie down I think:
When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessMonotonySleeplessnessWakefulness

He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Verse ConceptsHouses Under Attackstructure

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

Verse ConceptsAshesGod And The HumbleHumility And Pride

He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, but no man is sure of life.

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Verse ConceptsWealth


“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernDoubtGod Not Answering

In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

Verse ConceptsMowingChange And Growth

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.

Verse ConceptsTreatment From YouthPersecutionOvercoming Hard TimesEnemy Attacks

Though a righteous man falls seven times,
he will get up,
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

Verse ConceptsGiving UpMischiefSeven TimesDownfallBurnoutMistakesRisingA Good Man

For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is {no one} to help him up.

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahweh has spoken: "I reared children and I brought [them] up, but they rebelled against me.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionLordship, Human And DivinePay Attention To God!Rebellion against GodRaising ChildrenListening To GodTaking Care Of The Earth

Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfJealousyHand Of GodShameStoringZealGod's HandBurning PeopleNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsShame Will Come

so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the Holy City!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.

Verse ConceptsCityNames For JerusalemBeauty, SpiritualPurity, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualUncircumcisionWakefulnessStrength Of PeopleFine ClothesWake Up!Purity Of New CreationBe Strong!awakeningstrengh


I will destine you for the sword, [says the Lord],
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,
Because when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not listen or obey.
But you did [what was] evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstChoicesListeningRejection Of GodGod's Call, Few RespondReprobatesAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not Answeringfate


So I will choose their punishments,
And will bring the things they dread upon them
Because I called, but no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen or obey.
But they did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstRejection Of God's CallGod's Call, Few RespondGuilty FearThreateningsAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not AnsweringStrong Delusion

And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalRenewed HeartThe Eternal CovenantLater Covenants With GodEverlastingGod's Covenant Is EverlastingGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodcovenant

that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

Verse ConceptsThose Subjected To PeopleHumbling Oneself

And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

Verse ConceptsShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearNot Mourning

I will cast thee out upon the dry land with the fish of thy waters, so that thou shalt lie upon the field. Thou shalt not be gathered nor taken up: but shall be meat for the beasts of the field, and for the fowls of the air:

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesAnimals Eating PeopleNo Burialsreuniting

and one stood hard upon another, whereof there were thirty three. And there stood posts beneath by the walls round about the house, to bear them up: but in the wall of the house they were not fastened.

Verse ConceptsThirtyDecksThree Parts Of ConstructionsRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

Now, as for its being broken in pieces, whereupon there stood up four in its stead, four kingdoms, out of his nation, shall stand up, but not with his strength;

Verse ConceptsFour GroupsFour HornsHorns In AllegoryHorns BrokenThe Kingdom Of Others

and, by his cunning, will he both cause deceit to succeed in his hand, and, in his own heart, will he shew himself to be great, and, by their careless security, will he destroy many, - and, against the ruler of rulers, will he stand up, but, without hand, shall be broken in pieces.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAntichristPower, God's SavingSatan, As DeceiverInfidelity To GodDestruction Of The WickedThose At EaseThose Who DeceivedProud PeopleMan's Relation To God

'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.

Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!Man Defending

You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.

Verse ConceptsdissatisfactionSatisfactionStomachsThriftBirth Not Being PossibleFamine ComingGod Will Kill His PeopleFamine Will ComeStaying Strong And Not Giving UpBeing ContentSaving Moneyhungerpreservation

Suffer both to grow together until the harvest, and at, harvest time, I will say unto the reapers, - Collect ye first, the darnel, and bind it into bundles, with a view to the burning it up; but, the wheat, be gathering it into my barn.

Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing

they rose up, put him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, in order to hurl him down.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of ChristPersecution Of ChristThrowing PeopleDriving Out ChristPeople Getting Upjumping

some fell upon very stony ground, which no sooner sprung up, but it wither'd away, for want of moisture:

Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMoist ThingsGrowingPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedssowing

The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesSingleness Of HeartDarkness Of EvilGood EyesDarknessEyesLightBeing Singleluck

“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

But after His [half-] brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up, but secretly instead of openly.

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretFestivals ObservedHalf brothers

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there [when he died], so that [now] you will believe [i.e., when you see him miraculously raised up]. But let us go to him [now]."

Verse ConceptsBelieve In Christ!Gone Awaylazarus

So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfGamblingChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyOuter GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesScriptures Fulfilled

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forReturning to the oldDesires Of The Heart

and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldLipsDissensionDisputesMissionary ExamplesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersForeigners Saved By FaithChosen DisciplesSpeaking With The Mouth

And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel

Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Verse ConceptsDivisions, Contrary ToSchismsBaptised Into ChristChrist Was KilledBaptismdivisiongroups

Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. And if any one think he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeDrawbacks To KnowledgeInformation Age

whereas, our presentable parts [i.e., probably face and hands] do not need [covering up]. But God has put the body together [in such a way as] to give greater honor to that part which lacked it,

Verse ConceptsPeople Have Honour

The person who speaks in another language builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Up The ChurchEach Local ChurchLanguageThe church

And what you yourself sow is not the plant that will [eventually] come up, but simply a seed. It may be a grain of wheat or something else.

Verse ConceptsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsChange And Growth

For if I hurt your feelings, who is there to cheer me up but the man whose feelings I hurt?

but let it be [the inner beauty of] the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, [one that is calm and self-controlled, not overanxious, but serene and spiritually mature] which is very precious in the sight of God.

Verse ConceptsMeeknessQuietnessRest, SpiritualSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfValuesBeauty, SpiritualThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleThe Inward BeingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptiblePreciousAcneMinding Your Own BusinessSelf WorthWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureSelf EsteemWorthInner BeautyBeauty And Self WorthThe Beauty Of NatureConfidence And Self EsteemSelf ImagepersonalityA Quiet Life