22 occurrences

'Lay' in the Bible

Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Verse ConceptsApostates, PunishmentOffenceRighteous, TheStumblingAccountabilityResponsibility For Blood ShedWarning IndividualsGod HinderingIf You Turn From GodResponsible To WarnResponsibility

But thou, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

Verse ConceptsTying Up

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

Verse ConceptsClayArts And Crafts, Types ofTabletsClay, Uses

and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIronSigns From GodSeparation From GodPlatesIron ObjectsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltSubstitutionGod's People Sinning

And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownTying UpMan's Work Finished

And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Verse ConceptsBonesFate Of IdolatersIn Front

while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.

Verse ConceptsFalse VisionsFalse WaysProphesying Lies

As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To HarmPeople Not AbandoningSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With The NationsGod Executes VengeanceRevenge

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Verse ConceptsGod Executes VengeanceRevenge

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Stones RejectedDrawbacks To RichesWood And Stone

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.

Verse ConceptsembroideryOrnamentsThroneClothed With Bad ThingsPeople Stripping OffSitting In DejectionGroups TremblingSea DwellersOthers Going Down

And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of Cities

And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

Verse ConceptsSalvation, Deliverance FromNo More FamineBeing Cleansed From SinGod Saves From Trouble

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsSkinSinewsHuman SkinGod Giving BreathJoining Flesh And BonesThe Dead Are Raisedbreathingbreathprocessmuscles

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodGuilt OfferingSin OfferingAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingAccommodationsFood For Priests DefinedRegulations For Cereal OfferingsRegulations For The Sin Offering

When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodFormalityChanging ClothesPeople Stripping OffPriests Garmentspriests

And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

Verse ConceptsChanging ClothesPeople Stripping OffPriests GarmentsCourts Of The TempleOutside The House

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