11 occurrences

'Lean' in the Bible

And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals Eating

And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.

Verse ConceptsGrapesBraveryFertile LandLand Producing

and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

Verse ConceptsTaking By The Hand

Now behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.

Verse ConceptsReedsStaffTrusting Other People

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

Verse ConceptsHouses Under Attackstructure

And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

Verse ConceptsFatnessDecayThin BodiesLosing Honour

Behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceReedsStaffTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstTrusting Other People

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, it is I, and I will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCattleFat AnimalsThin Bodies

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