9 occurrences

'Empty handed' in the Bible

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, indeed now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my misery and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night."

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

And I will give this people favor in the eyes of [the] Egyptians, {and then} when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerHuman FavourEmpty HandedFavorbridges

You will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you at [the] appointed time, the month of Abib, because in it you came out from Egypt, and {no one will} appear before me empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of Unleavened BreadCelebrationsMonthUnleavened BreadYeastMonth 1Seven DaysLeaving EgyptEmpty HandedRegulations For Passoverthe anniversary Feastsanniversary

But the first offspring of a donkey you will redeem with small livestock, and if you will not redeem [it], you will break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you will redeem, and you will not appear before me empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

And when you send him [out] free from you, you shall not send him [away] empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Handed

Three times in the year all [of] your males shall appear {before } Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear {before Yahweh} empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsFeasting On Special OccasionsLaw, OtPilgrimageWorship, Times ForMen WorshippingEmpty HandedThree Times A YearFestivals Observedvacation

I went [away] full, but Yahweh brought me back empty-handed! Why call me Naomi {when Yahweh has testified against me} and Shaddai has brought calamity upon me?"

Verse ConceptsemptinessLossPessimismEmpty PeopleFilling PeopleTragedy

And she said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'You shall not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsEmpty HandedOther Volume Measures

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

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Empty-Handed (14 instances)