'Lay' in the Bible

They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation. They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people.

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

“So You made known to them Your holy sabbath,And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law,Through Your servant Moses.

Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare it to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

the ten sons of Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, but they did not lay their hands on the spoils.

The Jewish people in Susa assembled again on that day, the fourteenth of Adar, and they killed 300 people in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the spoils.

The rest of the Jewish people in the king's provinces assembled to defend themselves, and they gained relief from their enemies, killing 75,000 of those who hated them. But they did not lay their hands on the spoils.

“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

“But the godless in heart lay up anger;They do not cry for help when He binds them.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

I lay down and slept;I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

How long must I take counsel in my soul,Having sorrow in my heart day after day?How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?

His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;And You lay me in the dust of death.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

You have done these things, and I kept silent;you thought I was just like you.But I will rebuke youand lay out the case before you.

But God will break you down forever;He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,both chariot and horse lay still.

They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!

Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

But my eyes [are] toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

Her feet go down to death,Her steps take hold of Sheol.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

The fear of a person will lay a snare, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be secure.

The ants are not a strong people,Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

It is good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay.

I said, 'Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

On this account the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.For all this His anger is not spent,But His hand is still stretched out.

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

"Let us go up against Judah and let us tear her apart, {and let us lay it open and so bring it unto ourselves}, and let us install the son of Tabeel [as] king in her midst."

But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, for I will lay yet more upon Dimon: a lion upon them that are escaped of Moab, and upon that which remaineth of the land.

The cities of Oraru will be deserted they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest, and terrorism will be no more.

A troubling vision is declared to me:“The treacherous one acts treacherously,and the destroyer destroys.Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Look! Yahweh [is] about to lay the earth waste and [is] about to devastate it, and he will twist her surface, and he will scatter her inhabitants.

It will be the same for the lay people as for priests, the same for servants as for their masters, for female servants as for their mistresses, for buyers as for sellers, for lenders as for borrowers, and for creditors as for debtors.

And he will spread out his hands in the middle of itAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But the Lord will lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.