12 occurrences

'Magnify' in the Bible

Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

Verse ConceptsAxesSelf ConfidenceToolsWoodInfidelity To GodSawsClubsDo Not Be ProudScoffers

"Now I will rise up," says the Lord. "Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.

Verse ConceptsNowGod ArisingBeing Yourself

Say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil

I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMission, Of IsraelProfaning God's NameHoliness

You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEnd Of The WorldCovering The EarthNations Attacking Israel

I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelEzekiel InvasionHoliness

All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.

Verse ConceptsSource Of Honour

When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.

Verse ConceptsGathering Israel

"Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.

Verse ConceptsBoasting, FoolishBlasphemy, At GodAntichrist, Names ForBlasphemyThe Wicked ProsperSpeed Of God's AngerProud PeopleSeeking HonourThe Will Of Men

Bible Theasaurus

Aggrandize (1 instance)
Commend (20 instances)
Enlarge (21 instances)
Exaggerate (1 instance)
Magnify (36 instances)
Overestimate (2 instances)

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