'Home' in the Bible

Judah was defeated by Israel, and every soldier ran home.

The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home."

He put an idolatrous image he had made in God's temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

I hereby also decree that whoever shall alter the wording of this edict, let his residence be torn down for timber to build a gallows, hang him on it, and turn his home into an outhouse.

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.” The king granted my requests, for I was graciously strengthened by my God.

Later I visited Delaiah's son Shemaiah, a grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined at home. He kept urging me, "Let's meet together at the house of God, within the Temple, and take refuge there, because they're coming to kill you. In fact, they're coming at night to kill you!"

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

Then Mordecai returned to the King’s Gate, but Haman, overwhelmed, hurried off for home with his head covered.

Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, "Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king's behalf. It stands near Haman's home and is seventy-five feet high." The king said, "Hang him on it!"

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

I have seen a fool taking root,but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.

You will know that your tent is secure,and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.

if you are pure and upright,then He will move even now on your behalfand restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.He looks for a home among the stones.

If I await Sheol as my home,spread out my bed in darkness,

Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.

Nothing he owned remains in his tent.Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

"Where can wisdom be found? Where is understanding's home?

"I used to say: "I will die in my home. I'm going to live as many days as there are grains of sand on the shore.

Where is the road to the home of light?Do you know where darkness lives,

so you can lead it back to its border?Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

I made the wilderness its home,and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

He dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;Then you planted and established them (Israel);[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,Then You spread them abroad.

Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

Let me make my home in your tent forever; let me hide under the shelter of your wings. Interlude

God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

Even a sparrow finds a home,and a swallow, a nest for herselfwhere she places her young—near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,my King and my God.

No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.

There the birds make their nests;the stork makes its home in the pine trees.

May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

He said, "I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

For the Lord has chosen Zion;He has desired it for His home:

“This is My resting place forever;I will make My home herebecause I have desired it.

The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,but He blesses the home of the righteous;

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

"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdnessand have knowledge and discretion.

Deceit is at home in the heart of those who plan evil, but those who promote peace rejoice.

One who listens to life-giving rebukeswill be at home among the wise.

The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.

Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built,And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

Prepare your work outsideAnd get it ready for yourself in the field;Afterward build your house and establish a home.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul,So is good news from a distant land.

A man wandering from his homeis like a bird wandering from its nest.

The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

(The Chorus)“Who is this coming up from the wildernessLeaning upon her beloved?”

(The Shulammite Bride)“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]On the mountains of spices.”

All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.

Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

who turned the world into a wilderness,who destroyed its citiesand would not release the prisoners to return home?”

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.

Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.

The carpenter measures it with a line; he traces its shape with a stylus, then fashions it with planes and shapes it with a compass. He makes the idol like a human figure, with human beauty, to be at home in a shrine.

It is me -- I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe," says the Lord who commands armies.

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

Look down from heaven and seefrom Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.Where is Your zeal and Your might?Your yearning and Your compassionare withheld from me.

This is what the Lord says:Heaven is My throne,and earth is My footstool.What house could you possibly build for Me?And what place could be My home?

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness.She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.Who can control her passion?All who look for her will not become tired;they will find her in her mating season.

Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

The Lord said, "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them."

My tent is destroyed,And all my [tent] cords are broken;My children have been taken from me [as captives] and are no more.There is no one to stretch out my tent againAnd to set up my [tent] curtains.

Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding meal] and the light of the lamp [to light the night].

then I will make this house [the temple] like Shiloh, and I will make this city [subject to] the curse of all nations of the earth [because it will be so vile in their sight].”’”

"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.

Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

There at home they will say, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.'

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

And I will bring Israel [home] again to his pasture and he will graze on [the most fertile lands of] Carmel [in the west] and Bashan [in the east], and his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.

Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

Ocean-going fleets carried your merchandise." "How filled you were! How glorious you were, at home in the heart of the sea!

But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home].

Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel.

You'll come in from your home in the remotest parts of the north. You'll come with many nations, all of them riding along on horses. You'll be a huge, combined army.

"I'm also going to incinerate Magog, along with those who are settled down and at home in the islands. That's when they'll learn that I am the LORD.

Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the king's command.

I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way."

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was resting in my home and prospering in my palace.

When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.