11 occurrences

'Obtain' in the Bible

If a household is too small for a lamb, then it and its closest neighbor are to obtain one based on the number of individuals dividing the lamb based on what each person can eat.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessEating Before GodAccording To PeopleFew PeopleNeighbours

Only he must not amass horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt to obtain more horses. For the LORD said you must never return that way again.

Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

So the elders of the congregation asked, "What will we do to obtain wives for the survivors, since the women of Benjamin have been devastated?"

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWives For Benjamin

They entered the house as though they intended to obtain some grain and stabbed him in the abdomen. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalStomachsTreachery

At great effort I have provided for the Temple of the LORD 100,000 gold talents, 1,000,000 silver talents, as well as bronze and iron beyond calculation, since there is so much of it. I've also provided timber and stone, but you'll need to obtain more.

Verse ConceptsBronzeCoinageGoldSilverBrassAmassing SilverAmassing Bronze

I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Nun

Verse ConceptsFalsehoodHatredInsightGod Giving UnderstandingFalse WaysHating Evil

For sometimes people who strive to obtain wisdom, knowledge, and equity leave everything as an inheritance to a person who never worked for it. This, too, is pointless and greatly troublesome.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodRiskingrisk

But he rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Or will the one who did this escape? Will he break the covenant, but still be delivered?'"

Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.

Verse ConceptsSheepWagesIsrael FleeingOther Wivessyria

So the people of two or three cities staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsNot Returning To GodCities Under AttackDrinking WaterTwo Or Three

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