51 occurrences in 9 translations

'Existence' in the Bible

He will give their kings into your hands, and you will put their names out of existence under heaven; there is not one of them who will not give way before you, till their destruction is complete.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelInvincibilityAble To StandForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutGentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, MaterialSurvivors Of Israel

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”

Verse ConceptsPeople Being SilentMaking SlavesKilling Israelitesrisk

Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

Verse ConceptsAbortiondoubt, results ofMiscarriagesNever Being BornMiscarriages And Stillborn

Why is light given to one burdened with grief,and life to those whose existence is bitter,

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualWearinessWeariness Of Life

So my inner self will choose strangling-- death more than my {existence}.

Verse ConceptsFear, Of DeathChokingCreatures ChokedFear Of DeathSuicidal Thoughts

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

Verse ConceptsGod's Creation

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsNot Finding

that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts of a people scattered and ravaged, and from a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth, a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled, ... to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodDivision Of WatersTall PeopleWaters DividingFearing Other PeopleAmerica

Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

Verse ConceptsSecrecyGod, TrinityThe Spirit Of GodGod Sending ProphetsLed By The Spiritheartbroken

Thus says the Lord God, ‘Ask, “Will it thrive? Will he (Nebuchadnezzar) not uproot it and strip off its fruit so that all its sprouting leaves will wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to uproot it [ending Israel’s national existence].

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

Verse ConceptsFigurative BurialsNot Knowing WherePeople Being Polluted

This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ChristGreatness Of ChristChrist Going BeforeSaid To Be The Christ

For the Sadducees maintain that there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge the existence of both.

Verse ConceptsHeresiesPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadSadduceesSpiritsJewish SectsSpirit BeingsAngelsAre The Dead Raised?Characteristics Of Phariseesgroupspharisees

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

Verse ConceptsExistenceFaithChaosGod, The CreatorThe Existence Of ThingsExistence Through GodNon ExistenceThe Dead Are RaisedGod's CallCalling

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of SinReckoningThe Entrance Of SinWithout The Lawaccounting

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

Verse ConceptsElection, Characteristics OfGood Or BadBirthChosen Disciples

and the things which the world regards as base, and those which it sets utterly at nought--things that have no existence--God has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist;

Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting

In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one.

Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodIdols Not ExistingUseless IdolsNon ExistenceNo Other Is GodFood For Other godsGod Is OneSacrificesEating Meatstatues

If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.

Verse ConceptsApostles, IdentficationSeals

For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision

For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfIncarnationNaturePerfection, DivineReinstatementGloryNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForAdoption Through ChristExistence Through GodGod's FullnessChrist The BeginningBeginning Of SalvationBelievers As Sons Of GodChrist Made PerfectPeople Made PerfectThe Gospel Of SalvationSufferingRaising Children

They serve as a pattern and foreshadowing of [what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly things (sanctuary). For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, “See that you make it all [exactly] according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”

Verse ConceptsArchitectureForeshadowingMoses, Life OfPriesthood, In NtShadowsDivine PlansAntitypesDesignPatternsThe Temple In HeavenHeavenly Visionreality

Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfOutside The Houseaccomplishment

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHell, As Incentive To ActionThe Human BodyGehennaDamage To The BodyFire Of EvilPeople Being PollutedBeware Of Your SpeechMighty in its influenceThe TongueThe Power Of Words

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and death and Hades (the realm of the dead) surrendered the dead who were in them; and they were judged and sentenced, every one according to their deeds.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversFutureRetributionOvercoming DeathThe Final JudgementRepaid For DeedsThe Dead Are RaisedThe OceanJudgement DayNever Giving UpThe Rapturelakes

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