'Down' in the Bible

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)

I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator!

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence."

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!"

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

"You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard -- Aaron's beard, and then flows down his garments.

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available -- eternal life.

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.

When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being.

A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.

The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."

"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars."

I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

They will swoop down on the Philistine hills to the west; together they will loot the people of the east. They will take over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, 'Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!'

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!

But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit.

As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.

In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.

The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle.