'Looking' in the Bible

Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.

And looking, she saw the king in his regular place by the pillar, and the captains and the horns near him; and all the people of the land giving signs of joy and sounding the horns. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, gave a cry, saying, Broken faith, broken faith!

You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

And when David came, Ornan, looking, saw him, and came out from the grain-floor and went down on his face to the earth before him.

And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

And when the king saw Esther the queen waiting in the inner room, looking kindly on her he put out the rod of gold in his hand to her. So Esther came near and put her fingers on the top of the rod.

Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.

He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,

So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?

Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the waters in Heshbon, by the doorway of Bath-rabbim; your nose is as the tower on Lebanon looking over Damascus:

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

He will not be looking to the altars, the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-images which his fingers have made.

He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.

Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.

See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.

Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.

You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.