'Feet' in the Bible

“As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy will die.

The rest of all the events of Asa’s reign, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.

When she came up to the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone—she is in severe anguish, and the Lord has hidden it from me. He hasn’t told me.”

She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet. He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

I dug wells,and I drank foreign waters.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.

I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land I gave to their ancestors if only they will be careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

One pillar was 27 feet tall and had a bronze capital on top of it. The capital, encircled by a grating and pomegranates of bronze, stood five feet high. The second pillar was the same, with its own grating.

He also killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand like a weaver’s beam, Benaiah went down to him with a club, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear.

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

These are Solomon’s foundations for building God’s temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet.

The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet wide; its height was 30 feet; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.

Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with 45,000 pounds of fine gold.

The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, touching the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the other cherub was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub.

The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.

In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.

He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet high and 45 feet in circumference.

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a disease in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his disease he didn’t seek the Lord but only the physicians.

I will never again remove the feet of the Israelites from the land where I stationed your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the law, statutes, and judgments.”

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its original foundations be retained. Its height is to be 90 feet and its width 90 feet,

You provided for them in the wilderness 40 yearsand they lacked nothing.Their clothes did not wear out,and their feet did not swell.

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows 75 feet high. Ask the king in the morning to hang Mordecai on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.

Harbona, one of the royal eunuchs, said: “There is a gallows 75 feet tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.”The king commanded, “Hang him on it.”

Then Esther addressed the king again. She fell at his feet, wept, and begged him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot he had devised against the Jews.

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contemptand thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

You put my feet in the stocksand stand watch over all my paths,setting a limit for the soles of my feet.

For his own feet lead him into a net,and he strays into its mesh.

My feet have followed in His tracks;I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

when my feet were bathed in creamand the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

the young men saw me and withdrew,while older men stood to their feet.

I was eyes to the blindand feet to the lame.

The rabble rise up at my right;they trap my feetand construct their siege ramp against me.

He puts my feet in the stocks;He stands watch over all my paths.”

You made him lord over the works of Your hands;You put everything under his feet:

My steps are on Your paths;my feet have not slipped.

He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud beneath His feet.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights.

I crush them, and they cannot get up;they fall beneath my feet.

For dogs have surrounded me;a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;they pierced my hands and my feet.

My eyes are always on the Lord,for He will pull my feet out of the net.

and have not handed me over to the enemy.You have set my feet in a spacious place.

He brought me up from a desolate pit,out of the muddy clay,and set my feet on a rock,making my steps secure.

He subdues peoples under usand nations under our feet.

For You delivered me from death,even my feet from stumbling,to walk before God in the light of life.

The righteous one will rejoicewhen he sees the retribution;he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

He keeps us aliveand does not allow our feet to slip.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;my steps nearly went astray.

They hurt his feet with shackles;his neck was put in an iron collar.

They have hands but cannot feel,feet, but cannot walk.They cannot make a sound with their throats.

For You, Lord, rescued me from death,my eyes from tears,my feet from stumbling.

I have kept my feet from every evil pathto follow Your word.

נ NunYour word is a lamp for my feetand a light on my path.

Our feet are standingwithin your gates, Jerusalem—

because their feet run toward troubleand they hurry to commit murder.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,and all your ways will be established.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;keep your feet away from evil.

Her feet go down to death;her steps head straight for Sheol.

winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,and gesturing with his fingers.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,feet eager to run to evil,

Can a man walk on burning coalswithout scorching his feet?

She is loud and defiant;her feet do not stay at home.

The one who sends a message by a fool’s handcuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

A man who flatters his neighborspreads a net for his feet.

W I have taken off my clothing.How can I put it back on?I have washed my feet.How can I get them dirty?

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess!The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,the handiwork of a master.

Seraphim were standing above Him; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did so, going naked and barefoot—

Is this your jubilant city,whose origin was in ancient times,whose feet have taken herto settle far away?

Feet trample it,the feet of the humble,the steps of the poor.

I dug wells and drank water.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.”

Who has stirred him up from the east?He calls righteousness to his feet.The Lord hands nations over to him,and he subdues kings.He makes them like dust with his sword,like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

He pursues them, going on safely,hardly touching the path with his feet.

Kings will be your foster fathers,and their queens your nursing mothers.They will bow down to youwith their faces to the ground,and lick the dust at your feet.Then you will know that I am Yahweh;those who put their hope in Mewill not be put to shame.

How beautiful on the mountainsare the feet of the herald,who proclaims peace,who brings news of good things,who proclaims salvation,who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Their feet run after evil,and they rush to shed innocent blood.Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

The sons of your oppressorswill come and bow down to you;all who reviled youwill fall facedown at your feet.They will call you the City of the Lord,Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Keep your feet from going bareand your throat from thirst.But you say, “It’s hopeless;I love strangers,and I will continue to follow them.”

Give glory to the Lord your Godbefore He brings darkness,before your feet stumbleon the mountains at dusk.You wait for light,but He brings darkest gloomand makes thick darkness.

This is what the Lord says concerning these people:Truly they love to wander;they never rest their feet.So the Lord does not accept them.Now He will remember their guiltand punish their sins.

Let a cry be heard from their houseswhen You suddenly bring raiders against them,for they have dug a pit to capture meand have hidden snares for my feet.

‘All the women who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say:Your trusted friends misled youand overcame you.Your feet sank into the mire,and they deserted you.

One pillar was 27 feet tall, had a circumference of 18 feet, was hollow—four fingers thick—

and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates, stood 7½ feet high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates.

מ MemHe sent fire from heaven into my bones;He made it descend.He spread a net for my feetand turned me back.He made me desolate,sick all day long.

ל LamedCrushing all the prisoners of the landbeneath one’s feet,

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, sparkling like the gleam of polished bronze.

He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”

As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I listened to the One who was speaking to me.

The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

“This is what the Lord God says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague.

Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”

Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weep but will waste away because of your sins and will groan to one another.

For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,

“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,but you are like a monster in the seas.You thrash about in your rivers,churn up the waters with your feet,and muddy the rivers.”

Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?