'Fill' in the Bible

God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

He instructed the servant who was over his household, "Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.

They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been in the land until this day!'" Then Moses turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it to be kept for generations to come, so that they may see the food I fed you in the desert when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.'"

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach."

houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant -- and you eat your fill,

You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill."

Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors -- one flowing with milk and honey -- and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.

The Lord said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons."

Then he said, "Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood." When they had done so, he said, "Do it again." So they did it again. Then he said, "Do it a third time." So they did it a third time.

Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

"Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!

He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!'

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities."

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called 'Fortune,' and fill up wine jugs for the god called 'Destiny' --

Then tell them, 'The Lord says, "I will soon fill all the people who live in this land with stupor. I will also fill the kings from David's dynasty, the priests, the prophets, and the citizens of Jerusalem with stupor.

I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.

"Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge -- how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians' destruction of his temple.

The Lord who rules over all has solemnly sworn, 'I will fill your land with enemy soldiers. They will swarm over it like locusts. They will raise up shouts of victory over it.'

He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.

He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you." So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.

They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord's fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.

He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

The Lord said to the man dressed in linen, "Go between the wheelwork underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." He went as I watched.

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.

I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.

I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,' declares the sovereign Lord.

Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?

For recognition of the Lord's sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.

I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory,' says the Lord who rules over all.

"My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.

Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!"