28 occurrences

'Difficult' in the Bible

While she was suffering due to her difficult labor, the midwife told her, "Don't fear! You're going to have another son."

Verse ConceptsMidwifechildbearing

They judged the people at all times; the difficult matters they brought to Moses, but every minor matter they judged.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementHard TasksUnimportant ThingsStrength In Hard Times

When you hold a hearing, don't be partial in judgment toward the least important or toward the great. Never fear men, because judgment belongs to God. If the matter is difficult for you, bring it to me for a hearing.'

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

"If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose.

Verse ConceptsSacred PlacesHard Tasks

So she lay down at his feet until dawn approached, then got up while it was still difficult for anyone to be recognized. Then he told her, "It shouldn't be known that a woman has come to the threshing floor."

Verse ConceptsDaybreakNot Recognising PeopleUntil DaybreakDo Not Tell

When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress (for the people were in difficult circumstances), the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in crags, in tombs, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

Today, even though I'm anointed as king, I'm weak. These men, sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the one who acts wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!"

Verse ConceptsEvildoersAnointing KingsNo Strength Left

In the message, he wrote: "Assign Uriah to the most difficult fighting at the battle front, and then withdraw from him so that he will be struck down and killed."

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreachery

Amnon became so emotionally distressed that he fell sick over his half-sister Tamar. She was a virgin, and Amnon found it difficult to do anything to her.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationSick IndividualsHard Tasks

So David replied to Gad, "This is a very difficult choice for me to make! Let me now please fall into the hand of the LORD, since his mercy is very great, but may I never fall into human hands!"

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessRegretDanger From MenMercyMaking DecisionsDecision Making

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's reputation with the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

Verse ConceptsCaravansFameMission, Of IsraelQueensCelebritiesAskingRelationships And Datingconnection

So the king sought some advice and then built two golden calves and announced, "It's too difficult for you to travel to Jerusalem. So here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel

Later, the angel of the LORD came a second time, grabbed him, and said "Get up! Eat! The journey ahead is too difficult for you!"

Verse ConceptsAngels Helping UsDoing Things TwicePeople EatingTaking By The HandAngels Looking After People

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's reputation, she traveled to Jerusalem and tested him with difficult questions. She brought along a large retinue, camels laden with spices, and lots of gold and precious stones. Upon her arrival, she spoke with Solomon about everything that was on her mind.

Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesJewelsMission, Of IsraelQueensVisitingRelationship Troubles

In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat also appointed certain descendants of Levi, priests, and family leaders of Israel to render verdicts for the LORD and to decide difficult cases. Their offices were in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot Times

When I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me

Verse ConceptsStriving With GodUnintelligibleness

because you're not going to a people whose speech you cannot understand or whose language is difficult to speak. Instead, you're going to the house of Israel.

This isn't a large group of people whose speech is unintelligible to you or whose language is difficult for you to comprehend. Frankly, if I had sent you to that kind of people, they would certainly have listened to you!

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

Furthermore, what the king is asking is so difficult that no one can reveal it except the gods and they don't live with human beings."

Verse ConceptsSpirit BeingsHard TasksNo One Available

"Belteshazzar, chief of the diviners, since I know that the spirit of the holy gods is within you, and no mystery too difficult for you, explain to me the vision of my dream that I saw, along with its interpretation.

Verse ConceptsMysterySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfEasy For People

because he was found to have an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and understanding, along with an ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. His name is Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar. Call for Daniel, and he will reveal the meaning of the writing."

Verse ConceptsExplanationsMind, The HumanRiddlesIntellectual KnowledgeKnowingProper UnderstandingInterpreting LanguageHard TasksExcellenceproblemsknots

However, I've heard that you can provide meaning and interpretation, and that you can solve difficult problems. If you are able to read the writing and report its meaning, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom."

Verse ConceptsInscriptionsGoldGold ChainsPurple ClothesInterpreting LanguageJewelleryThird PersonReading Other MatterTelling Of People's Situationsknots

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Arduous (1 instance)
Difficult (74 instances)
Formidable (2 instances)
Irksome (2 instances)
Laborious (14 instances)
Unmanageable (3 instances)

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