30 occurrences

'Desert' in the Bible

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

Verse ConceptsFruitBarren, LandGod Keeping WatchApple Of The EyeGod SurroundingEyes Cared ForFinding PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

Verse ConceptsSouthTelling Of Movements

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, Specific

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

Verse ConceptsHiding From PeopleTelling Of Movements

And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

Verse ConceptsRetributionRevenge, Examples OfPunishment of the The Wickeddeeds

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against God

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgesGod ArisingGod Opposes The Proud

A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessSin Brings ImpoverishmentSournessfruitfulness

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

Verse ConceptsOstrichescats

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves .

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.

Verse ConceptsOwlsWolvesWild GoatProvision Of Nightcatsvampires

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:

Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithNewnessBlessing In The WildernessMaking RoadsRiversFuture Plansa new beginningNew BeginningsA New DayPathsNew

The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Verse ConceptsHonorWaterBlessing In The WildernessGod Providing WaterWild Beasts SubduedOstriches

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness

your mother shall be utterly put to shame; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Verse ConceptsBabylonWildernessDry PlacesShame Will ComeDeserts Used Figuratively

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBirds, Types Of BirdsEmpty CitiesOstrichescats

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Defect (68 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)
Merit (7 instances)

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