8 occurrences in 10 translations

'Bidding' in the Bible

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.

Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfGiving, Of TimeDiscernment, Nature OfSigns Of The TimesThe Number Two HundredGod's TimingGods Timing

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's bidding conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed him.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of Man, CauseNamed People Angry With Others

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Yet it is not Assyria’s intention [to do My will],Nor does it plan so in its heart,But instead it is its purpose to destroyAnd to cut off many nations.

Verse ConceptsMan's PurposesPeople Destroying Foreign Nationsflexibility

A wind too strong for that is coming at my bidding. Now I'm judging them as I speak."

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army work hard [at My command] against Tyre; every [soldier’s] head became bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [from carrying loads of dirt and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no wages from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended during the siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me].”

Verse ConceptsBaldnessBare ArmsThose Who Toiled

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