93 occurrences in 12 translations

'Ceased' in the Bible

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod, Human Descriptions OfLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfSabbath, In OtThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7DaysRestGod's CreationFinishing Strongfinishing

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSevenSabbath, In OtConsecrationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Holy TimesBlessed By GodCreationGod's CreationSanctification

All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples Of

and Abraham and Sarah are aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

Verse ConceptsHumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased to bear.

Verse ConceptsCessationShowing Forth His PraisePeople With Apt Nameschildbearing

And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesCessationGiving In Marriage

and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberSandImpossible For PeoplePlenty In EgyptSand And Gravel

And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, 'Give to us bread -- why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?'

Verse ConceptsRequesting FoodPossibility Of DeathIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodFinancesSaving Money

and Joseph saith, 'Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.'

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than Food

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureStretching OutCessationPraying For SinnersThings Stopping

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

Verse ConceptsCessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving it to it -- thou dost certainly leave it with him.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies

between Me and the sons of Israel it is a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfSabbath, In OtThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysDay 7Refreshing GodSabbaths Instituted

and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper,

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningOutside The CampInspectingHealing Lepers

And he hath ceased from making atonement for the sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, and hath brought near the living goat;

Verse ConceptsPriests AtoningReconciliation

'And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessThose To Be Cut Off From Israelconsequences

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Verse ConceptsMannaCessationNo FoodThings Stopping

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Verse ConceptsHabitsSin, Nature OfSelf WillBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsDeath Of Office HoldersGod's People Sinning

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.

Verse ConceptsHighwayRoadsTravellersEmpty ThingsCaravansTragedy On The StreetsHighways

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Verse ConceptsDeborahVillagesSpiritual Mothers

And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

Verse ConceptsSweetness

And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineHuman Comfort

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed of the Lord who has not ceased His kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is one of our closest relatives, one who has the right to redeem us.”

Verse ConceptsKindnessKinsman redeemerRedemption, In Everyday LifeUnkindnessLife And DeathMay God Bless!

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

Verse ConceptsCareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

Verse ConceptsPeople Waiting

Then Joab blew the ram's horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCessationStopping FightingTrumpets To Stop Fighting

When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

Verse ConceptsCessation

For he clung to the Lord; he did not turn away from [faithfully] following Him, but he kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsSteadfastness, Examples OfClinging To God

When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work.

In the third month the heaps began to pile up, and in the seventh month they ceased.

Verse ConceptsMonth 3Month 7Starting To BuildEnd Of Actions

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodRebuilding The Templeconstruction

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

Verse ConceptsRest, EternalRestlessnessDeath Of The Saints, Results InNo TroubleResttired

My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction.

Verse ConceptsStressBowelsIndigestion

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfThree MenIndividuals Being Silent

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodNames And Titles For The ChristianEvil TimesPeople Passing AwayGod Help!Causes of failure inGodly ManA Good Man

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Verse ConceptsUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedPeople StumblingNot Knowing PeopleRejoicing In Evil

And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofNo ComfortHealing And ComfortOvercoming Hard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesFeeling Lostproblemssoultired

Has His faithful love ceased forever?Is His promise at an end for all generations?

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenGod's PromisesEnd Of Actions

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul;Like a weaned child [resting] with his mother,My soul is like a weaned child within me [composed and freed from discontent].

Verse ConceptsChildlikenessQuietnessWeaningMaking Stillmomssoulbreastsbabymyself

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfCessationStopping Fighting

Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.

Verse ConceptsSceptreBreaking Sticksrelentless

Let the fugitives from Moab settle among you; be a shelter to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor comes to an end, and destruction has ceased, and the marauder has vanished from the land,

Verse ConceptsSatan as Destroyer

And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortsSurvivors FavouredNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus

The joyful tambourines have ceased.The noise of the jubilant has stopped.The joyful lyre has ceased.

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreacheryWoeThe DestroyerWoe To The WickedUnfaithfulfinishingtraitors

The highways are deserted;travel has ceased.An agreement has been broken,cities despised,and human life disregarded.

Verse ConceptsHighwayInferiorityTreatyEmpty ThingsTravellersTragedy On The StreetsHighways

I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

Verse ConceptsNot Seeing God

Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him. So he reported to them in accordance with all these words which the king had commanded; and they ceased speaking with him, since the conversation had not been overheard.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingUnhearing

but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”

Verse ConceptsFamine Killing

Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.

Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

Verse ConceptsAbolish, Evil ThingsDestruction Of CitiesDestruction Of Satan's WorksUseless LabourOne's DeedsAbandoning Idols

And in Tehaphnehes hath the day been dark, In My breaking there the yokes of Egypt, And ceased in her hath the excellency of her strength, She -- a cloud doth cover her, And her daughters into captivity do go.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

And I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, And ceased hath the excellency of its strength, And desolated have been mountains of Israel, Without any one passing through.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CountriesLand Becoming EmptyThe Mountains Of IsraelThe Proud Will Be AbasedHer Strength

All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.

Verse ConceptsDoughBakingOvensWicked Described AsCessationLeavenedBaking BreadKneading DoughThose Who Committed Adultery

Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured of her affliction.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping EvilLifebloodHow Healing CameThose Jesus HealedgaysFaith And HealingBeing GayIllness

And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesCessationBoatsThings Stopping

But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep water and let down your nets for a haul.

Verse ConceptsAdventureDeep ThingsFishingNetsDeep SeasFish

Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristMealsKissesCare Of Feet

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Verse ConceptsRageStormsWorryMaking StillNearness Of DeathChrist Waking UpDeath Looms NearReproving ThingsThe Sea StilledGod Controls Storms

came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His outer robe, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Verse ConceptsClothingCloaksTasselsFringe Of ClothesThose Jesus Healed

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Verse ConceptsHabitsJohn The BaptistTeachablenessChrist TeachingThe Disciples WordsDisciples Of John The BaptistEnd Of ActionsJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingFinishing Strong

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."

Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofNationalismRepentance, Importance OfGifts From God, SpiritualRepentanceForeigners Saved By FaithGod Gives RepentanceSpecific Praising Of GodElectPromise Of HeavenUniversalism

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsExcitementSoundSilencegoodbyes

who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

Verse ConceptsOfficersSoldiersCessationStopping FightingGroups RunningBeating Believers

If your brother is being hurt or offended because of food [that you insist on eating], you are no longer walking in love [toward him]. Do not let what you eat destroy and spiritually harm one for whom Christ died.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLove, Nature OfSubstitutionTemptation, Avoiding CausingAgape LoveThe Effect Of Christ's DeathUnlovingSibling LoveLove Shown By Deeds

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionOffenceNecessity Of CircumcisionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecution

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Verse ConceptsWorks Of The LawstruggleRestStruggles

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

Verse ConceptsConsciousnessSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfCessationPurifying OneselfGuiltconscience

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Verse ConceptsConformityChristlikenessSpiritual Warfare, ArmourThinking ArightThe Fact Of Christ's DeathMind BattlesAttitudeHuman Nature, OvercomingSuffering

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Ceased (93 instances)
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