20 occurrences

'Lay' in the Bible

therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

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

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

Verse ConceptsHunting

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!

Verse ConceptsSatanticWeakness, PhysicalThe Morning StarFalling From HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsRebellion of Satan and AngelsSatan as DestroyerLucifersoaring

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

Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfKeysOpen DoorsShutting The Kingdom

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHumilitySkillConquestSwimming

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfTrapUncharitablenessBusiness At The GatewayMan Trapping

And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them.

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusicMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To Celebratedrums

There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalGrassPapyrusReedsPoolsMetaphorical Springs

Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Verse ConceptsFig treeBodydoctorsdiseasesBoils Or UlcersMedicineFigsRecoveryAbscess

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things Up

And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceForgetting Thingsconsequencesmistress

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineCovering The MouthRevelation, In OtShadowsShadow Of GodSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims InspirationRevelation Through Direct Communicationclosure

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

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