12 occurrences

'Fading' in the Bible

When the man got up to leave with his mistress and servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, told him, "Look now, evening is coming, so please spend another night. See how the daylight is fading, so spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Then tomorrow get up early and leave on your journey home."

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Verse ConceptsShadowsTime Passing

How terrible it will be for that arrogant garland the drunks of Ephraim! How terrible it will be for that fading flower of his glorious beauty, which sits on the heads of people bloated with food, of people overcome with wine!

Verse ConceptsFlowersAlcoholWineBeauty, Temporal Nature OfNo BeautyThe Proud Will Be AbasedWoe To Israel And JerusalemWorseNorthern Kingdom Of Israeldrunkards

And that fading flower, his glorious beauty, which sits on the heads of people bloated with food, will be like an early fig before summer whenever someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it's in his hand.

Verse ConceptsFig treeHarvestNo BeautyWorse

"As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.

Verse ConceptsRememberingAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFaintingThe Temple In HeavenGod Answered PrayerBelievers Remembering God

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

Verse ConceptsShining FacesMinistry, Nature OfMoses, Significance OfSpiritually DeadLight Of God's PeopleengravingGod Bestowing GloryMinistry

not like Moses, who kept covering his face with a veil to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

Verse ConceptsVeilsAbolish, Temporary ThingsAbolish, Fulfilled By ChristImperfect Nature Of Human GloryAbrasion

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, Deliverance FromLight, SpiritualMorningScripture, Purpose OfTheologySpiritual DawnThe Light Of ChristComing Out Of DarknessChrist's OrdersGod's Word Is True

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Fading (17 instances)
Fleet (8 instances)
Languish (15 instances)
Wither (39 instances)

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