71 occurrences in 10 translations

'Exposed' in the Bible

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

Verse ConceptsSpyingPeople RememberingUnguardedvulnerability

And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.

Verse ConceptsUnguardedvulnerability

“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ iniquity. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

You must not go up to My altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

Verse ConceptsIndecencyNakednessStairwaysStepsPrivate Parts

Then the priest is to examine it after the contagion has been washed. If the contagion hasn't changed in appearance, even though the contagion hasn't spread, it's unclean. Incinerate it. It's a fungal infection, especially if the infection is on its exposed side.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingUnclean Things

"Neither your father's nakedness nor your mother's nakedness is to be exposed. She's your mother, so you are not to have sexual relations with her.

Verse ConceptsMothers, Responsibilities OfForbidden Sexual RelationshipsAttitude Towards Your MotherNakedness UncoveredSex Before MarriageFather And Daughter Relationshipsmums

"If a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness, so both of them are to be put to death. Their guilt will remain their responsibility.

Verse ConceptsForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinFathers Responsibilities

"If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, so that he exposes her nakedness and she exposes his nakedness, it's a shameful thing. They are to be eliminated from contact with their people in front of their people's children. He has exposed his sister's nakedness. He'll continue to bear responsibility for his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIncurring GuiltSexual Sin, Nature OfSistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMothers And Daughters

If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from their people.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationSexual Sin, Nature OfNakedness UncoveredBleedingSex And UncleannessDeath Penalty For Sexual SinThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

"If a man has sexual relations with his uncle's wife, he has exposed his uncle's nakedness. They are to bear responsibility for punishment of their sin. They'll die childless.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltOffspringForbidden Sexual RelationshipsReasons For BarrennessNakedness Uncovered

Then Yahweh exposed the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, and he bowed down and worshiped to his face.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBowingProstrationReceiving SightSeeing AngelsGod's Sword

his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city exposed while they pursued Israel.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesUnguarded

He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

Zebulun is a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field.

Verse ConceptsCourage, Examples OfLife DespisedRisking

When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel honored himself today!” she said. “He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.”

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Examples OfBenedictionsIronySarcasmEmployers, Good ExamplesNudityPeople Stripping OffPeople Who Blessed Others

So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved off half of each one's beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, and then sent them away.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingFractions, One HalfCutting HairPeople Stripping PeopleTrimming Facial HairHalf Of Things

When they arrived at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came out to meet them. Joab was dressed in a soldier's uniform, over which was a belt that fastened a sword sheath to his thigh. As he walked forward, the sword was exposed.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionBronze Armour

he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead. (They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.)

Verse ConceptsSecrecyBonesPeople Hung To Death

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposedat the rebuke of the Lord,at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreath Of GodEarth, Judgment OfNosesSeaEarth's FoundationCreation Of The SeasReproving ThingsGod Requite Them!

So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingFractions, One HalfCutting HairPeople Stripping PeopleTrimming Facial Hair

So I stationed the people by families behind the wall in the lower exposed areas, equipping them with their swords, spears, and bows.

Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

The depths of the sea became visible,the foundations of the world were exposed,at Your rebuke, Lord,at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodNosesEarth's FoundationCreation Of The SeasReproving ThingsGod Requite Them!breathing

Whoever walks in integrity lives prudently, but whoever perverts his way of life will be exposed.

Verse ConceptsBeing A DadUprightnessBeing Found Out

Though malice disguises itself with deception, its evil will be exposed publicly.

Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSin Made KnownShowing HypocrisyHateDeception

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

Verse ConceptsBooks

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetPrisonersAfrica

And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men -- horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.

Verse ConceptsQuiversThings Stripped

Your nakedness will be uncovered,and your shame will be exposed.I will take vengeance;I will spare no one.

Verse ConceptsCoveringNakednessNakedness UncoveredGod Executes VengeanceNot SparingRevenge

Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

Verse ConceptsBeing BetrayedHumiliationPrayer, For OthersCarrying SinForetelling Christ's DeathJesus PrayingDividing The SpoilMessianic Prophecies

They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and the whole heavenly host, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the surface of the soil.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligiondirtAstrologyMoonStarsDefecationBonesNo BurialsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonGod Judging Star WorshippersThe Moon

“If you say in your heart,‘Why have these things happened to me?’Because of the magnitude of your iniquityYour skirts have been removedAnd your heels have been exposed.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryWhy Does This Happen?Changing Yourselfgreatness

“So I Myself will throw your skirts up over your face,That your shame may be exposed [publicly].

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping People

Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.

Verse ConceptsHeatFrostNo BurialsThe Dynasty Of David

There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around.

Verse ConceptsThe Number NinetyOne HundredNineties

Your prophets have seen for youFalse and foolish visions;And they have not exposed your iniquitySo as to restore you from captivity,But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.

Verse ConceptsFutilityOraclesVisionsFalse VisionsSin Made KnownMen DeceivingFalse Prophets DenouncedWhat Sin?Peace And SafetyFake Friends

I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsDestruction Of The WickedFoundations Of NationsPlasterThings StrippedWhitewashingMoral Decay

This is what the Lord God says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

Verse ConceptsNakednessHuman Blood ShedIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersPrivate Parts

before your wickedness was exposed? It was like the time you were scorned by the daughters of Aram and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—those who treated you with contempt from every side.

Verse ConceptsSin Made Knownsyria

They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.

Verse ConceptsTortureNakedness Uncovered

When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.

Verse ConceptsNakedness

They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your indecency and promiscuity.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping PeopleSpiritual HarlotryPeople Being HatedTaking Possessions

For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Verse ConceptsHuman Blood Shed

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Verse ConceptsHuman Blood ShedRevenge

Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you on the ground {before} kings; I have exposed you {for viewing}.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulFalse WisdomAspects Of People Made KnownGentile RulersPeople Have Honour

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.

Verse ConceptsFingersFinger Of GodHousesInscriptionsPalacesWallsPlasterJudgements WrittenFingers Of PeopleGod Writing With His FingerGod's Intervention

when I heal Israel,the sins of Ephraim and the crimes of Samariawill be exposed.For they practice fraud;a thief breaks in;a raiding party pillages outside.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsFalse WaysNo HealingSin Brings SicknessThings Manifest

You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathdrinkingHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodSuffering, Of The InnocentNaked In ShameGod Making DrunkLosing Honour

Your bow was exposed, and your arrows targeted by command. Interlude You split the earth with rivers.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthDivision Of WatersThings StrippedWaters DividingPsalm Interjectionsepiphany

And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction is at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsThings StrippedPelicansHedgehogsCedar Wood

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

Verse ConceptsVeilsExposure Of SinAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsDisclosuresphotography

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

Verse ConceptsAdoption

Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstSin Producing DeathGood WordsEffect Of The LawFar Be It!Sin Produces DeathThe Entrance Of SinLegallaw

Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.

many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk

to be sensible, pure, makers of a home [where God is honored], good-natured, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

Verse ConceptsBeing A WifeDiscretionKindnessOrder In The HomePurity, Moral And SpiritualWives, Duties OfWomen WorkingConfidentialityGodly WomanWomen's RolesA Good Womanmothering

and having fallen away, again to renew them to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoing RepeatedlyChrist And ShamingChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionRenewalapostasyimpossibleFalling Away From God

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

Verse ConceptsReproachSpectaclePersecutionAbuse

And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street of the great city (Jerusalem), which in a spiritual sense is called [by the symbolic and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of BabylonChrist Was KilledCorpses Of Other PeopleSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionHoly CityThe Two Witnesses

(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and who keeps his clothes [that is, stays spiritually ready for the Lord’s return], so that he will not be naked—spiritually unprepared—and men will not see his shame.”)

Verse ConceptsLast ThingsReadinessShameSleep, SpiritualSleeplessnessWatchfulness, Of BelieversNakednessBeing UnclothedNaked In ShameBlessed In ServiceThe Lord As A ThiefEternal PerspectiveMaranathaSecond Comiing, Sudden And UnexpectedGarmentsThe Second ComingThe Rapturethievessurprises

Bible Theasaurus

Defenseless (9 instances)
Disclose (36 instances)
Discover (49 instances)
Display (80 instances)
Endanger (5 instances)
Exhibit (13 instances)
Expose (42 instances)
Exposed (71 instances)
Impart (19 instances)
Peril (9 instances)
Queer (1 instance)
Reveal (107 instances)
Uncover (39 instances)
Uncovered (84 instances)
Unwrap (1 instance)

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