39 occurrences

'Knew' in the Bible

The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.

When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.

Now the angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.

For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.

All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,

Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death.

But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter.

And the king said to the guards who were attending him, “Turn around and put the priests of the Lord to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the Lord.

Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father’s household.

Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming.

So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

He said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage.

So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.

When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times—for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice

“Because he knew no quiet within him,He does not retain anything he desires.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,That I might come to His seat!

“They are created now and not long ago;And before today you have not heard them,So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

“You have not heard, you have not known.Even from long ago your ear has not been open,Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;And you have been called a rebel from birth.

Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the Lord and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Now it happened on the next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it,

These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim.

He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.

Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,

Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

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