8 occurrences

'Ambassadors' in the Bible

they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Verse ConceptsenvoyProving, Through TestingRulersTesting

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationResistanceHasteWhat Have We In Common?

that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters,'saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

Verse Conceptsenvoy

Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Verse ConceptsenvoyWeepingPeople Mourning Catastropheheroes

And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsAnointing, Social CustomenvoyPerfumeAttraction

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

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