120 occurrences in 12 translations

'Behold' in the Bible

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

Verse ConceptsGod's HandJudgements WrittenGod's Hands Stretched OutBooks In Prophecy

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeopleSuccess And Hard WorkNervousness

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation Ofequipping, spiritualGod's Glory In Israel

But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

Verse ConceptsTying Up

And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownTying UpMan's Work Finished

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofMouthsYouthAnimals Torn To PiecesBeing Devoted From YouthDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsPeople Being UncleanForbidden Food

Then He said to me, “See, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung over which you shall prepare your food.”

Verse ConceptsCowsdung and manureDefecationDung For Fuelcookingpoop

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfGod OpposingThings Manifest

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

Verse ConceptsWar As God's Judgment

Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

Verse ConceptsDisastersUnique EventsBeing Unique

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

Verse ConceptsPeople Ended

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Verse ConceptsBlossoming

And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the look of glowing brass.

Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureGod Is LightColorRainbow

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfGod's Glory In Israel

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Verse ConceptsNorthCompassesGateways Of The TempleNorth Of The AltarGod Opposes Idolatry

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening WallsComing To GatesCourts Of The TempleThe Elderly

Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

Verse ConceptsExcavationThe Act Of OpeningOpening Walls

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

Verse ConceptsArtHouses

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMonthGateways Of The TempleNorth GatesWomen Doing WrongMourning The Death Of Others

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionBowingThe SunPollutionsAnimismTurning One's BackFacing EastBowing To False GodsTwenty SomeWorship Of The SunCourts Of The TempleSunWorshiping GodSunshinefootballapostasyislam

And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthGod, Suffering OfProvoking GodA Little BitDoing RepeatedlyLooking And SeeingTroubling Individuals

And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

Verse ConceptsSix PeopleComing To GatesFacing NorthWriting On ObjectsWeapons Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarDeath Penalty For Killing

And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Verse ConceptsWritingWe Obey

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Verse ConceptsColors, BlueJewelsTheophanyThroneCherubim, At God's ThronePrecious StonesThe ExpanseExpanse [The Firmament]

And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.

Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFour SupportsWheelsSparklingCherubim

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Verse ConceptsCompassesGateways Of The TempleFacing EastGod Lifting PeopleTwenty Some

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.

Verse ConceptsProphetic VisionsRevelation Of The Future

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsGod Opposing

It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceThe Insecurity Of The WickedBricksSeducersUnrestPlasterBeing MisleadNo PeaceError

Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’”

Verse ConceptsPlaster

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Figurative UseGod Stripping PeopleGod OpposingAvoid SorceryGod Freeing CaptivesBirdsflyingmagicvampires

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSurvivors Of IsraelGod Has ComfortedGod Turned Back From Harming Them

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Verse ConceptsScorching

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

Verse ConceptsScorching

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

Verse ConceptsCoveringFaithfulness, To GodCovering The BodyHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyNakednessOaths, DivinePassing ByWeddingsWivesSexual LoveCovenant RelationshipsNaked In PovertyFringe Of ClothesPeople Belong To GodA Time For LoveCovenant Made At SinaiGod As A HusbandLove And Relationships

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessStretching OutEvil DesiresPeople Being HatedShame Of Bad ConductThey Committed ImmoralityGod Will Cause DefeatGreedbehavior

Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

Verse ConceptsDenunciationsLooking At People For EvilGathering FriendsPeople Being Hatedlovers

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessMarriage, Between God And His PeopleYouthful DevotionGod Will RequiteThey Committed Immorality

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Verse ConceptsBeing A MotherLike People In CharacterOld SayingsmomsMothers And SonsMotivationFathers And Daughters

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPlants Growing UpThe East Wind

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToNoblesRebellion, Of IsraelKings ExiledMeaningIgnorant Of Facts

He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeNo Escape

“Now behold, he has a son who has observed all his father’s sins which he committed, and observing does not do likewise.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating EvilEthicsFathers Responsibilities

As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsOppressors

And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthNorth And SouthHarming Trees

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThings StrippedGod OpposingGod Will Kill His PeopleGod's Sword

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPrincesSheddingKilling Many People

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Verse ConceptsExtortionUnjust GainCommerceBeating OneselfKilling Many People

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsGathered By God

Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

Verse ConceptsPeople OpposedGod Urging

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause Defeat

For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols, they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.

Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters

And furthermore, they sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thine eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments;

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentOrnamentsCosmeticsEyes Cared ForWearing Jewellerycatsjewelrymakeup

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDo Not MournAll Life Is Dependent On GodRemoving People From Your Lifeheartbroken

Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFortressesKilled With The SwordChildren SufferingPolluting Holy Places

Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

Verse ConceptsMilkNomadsSeeking Food

Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of God

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

Verse ConceptsLike The Nations

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

Verse ConceptsCities Under Attack

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

Verse ConceptsChariotsNorthAttacking With ChariotsOut Of The North

Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

Verse ConceptsSecrecyComparisons

Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersLosing HonourPeople Without Mercy

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulFalse WisdomAspects Of People Made KnownGentile RulersPeople Have Honour

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Verse ConceptsAshesMoney, Stewardship OfSanctuaryTradeTrustworthinessFire Of Judgement

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The Sword

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesEthiopiaAfricaLand Becoming EmptyPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Verse ConceptsDelicaciesTaking Possessions

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make careless Ethiopia afraid; and anguish shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for behold, it cometh!

Verse ConceptsComplacencySeafaringSea Travel

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Verse ConceptsdoctorsHealingBones BrokenNo HealingHealing A Broken Heart

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGod OpposingThings Falling

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

And behold, thou art unto them as a lovely song, a pleasant voice, and one that playeth well on an instrument; and they hear thy words, but they do them not.

Verse ConceptsListeningSongsSpiritual DeafnessProfessingShallownesspracticeimprovement

And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Verse ConceptsKnowing People

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

Verse ConceptsChrist And His SheepCessationGod Saves The NeedyTaking Other People

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

Verse ConceptsRamsSheepSheep And Goats

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCattleFat AnimalsThin Bodies

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutGod's HandGod's Hands Stretched Out

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Verse ConceptsJealousyInsulting Other People

And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visions

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

Verse ConceptsThe Dead Are Raisedbreathingbreath

So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

Verse ConceptsProphesyingSoundJoining Flesh And BonesValley Of Dry Bones

And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsSinewsHuman SkinHaving No BreathValley Of Dry Bonesbreathingmuscles

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Verse ConceptsdrynessDisappointmentsHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismFeelings Of Rejection By GodThe Finality Of DeathBonesDeath Is FinalWithout HopeValley Of Dry Bones

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningPromise of return

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

Verse ConceptsNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

Verse ConceptsGathering Israelreunitingrejuvenation

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