'Knew' in the Bible

Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother's wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

"'When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you!

No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face.

You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me." But the king's servants refused to harm the priests of the Lord.

Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty of all the deaths in your father's house!

So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn't live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord."

So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command -- they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.

When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw this, they were greatly disheartened. They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

You performed awesome signs against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians had acted presumptuously against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;

though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man --

I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew.

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

"But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the Lord, because he had previously told them.)

He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!'

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

Demons also came out of many, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand here." So he rose and stood there.

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow?

And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said. But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.