207 occurrences in 13 translations

'Oh' in the Bible

Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of God's ActionsArmsHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodSingingSongsStrength, DivinePraiseArm Of GodA New SongGod Overcoming

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesLearning The Right WayThe Timing Of His Comingbehavior

Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,

Verse ConceptsMemoriesDivine RemembranceSalvation, Sought ByFavor

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManThank God!

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Verse ConceptsThank God!

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Verse ConceptsThank God!

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Verse ConceptsThank God!Goodness

Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

Verse ConceptsGod Help!

I shall pay my vows to the Lord,Oh may it be in the presence of all His people.

Verse ConceptsMaking VowsThings Manifest

I shall pay my vows to the Lord,Oh may it be in the presence of all His people,

Verse ConceptsMaking VowsThings Manifest

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfThank God!

Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Oh let the house of Aaron say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Oh let them that fear Jehovah say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

Oh save, Jehovah, I beseech thee; Jehovah, I beseech thee, oh send prosperity!

Verse ConceptsSave Us!Success Through GodBlessings And Prosperityatheismsales

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsThank God!Thankssteadfast

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfRenewed HeartDeterminationWhole HeartednessSingle Mindednesswandering

Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringLovingkindnessGod Will Comfort

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

Verse ConceptsGod For Us

{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say --

Verse ConceptsTreatment From Youth

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoodGod's attitude towards peopleMercyGiving ThanksThanks

Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsThank God!

Oh give thanks unto the Lord of lords; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

Verse ConceptsThank God!Jesus As King Of Kings

Oh give thanks unto the God of heaven; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsThank God!

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

Verse ConceptsIntoxicationColors, ScarletDisfigurement Of SinDrunkennessComplainingResolving Conflictalcoholismscars

There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Verse ConceptsAudacityarrogance

"Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!

Verse ConceptsWombWomen's Strength

W Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your love is more delightful than wine.

Verse ConceptsKissesLove And WineOther References To Mouthsbreasts

Take me with you—let us hurry.Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers.Y We will rejoice and be glad for you;we will praise your love more than wine.W It is only right that they adore you.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByAttractionHurrying Others OnLove And WineMen And Women Who LovedPrivate RoomsRomance

I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansTapestriesBlack PeopleWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureColorThe Beauty Of NatureBeing Beautiful

The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves!

Verse ConceptsBeautifulThe Beauty Of Nature

The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;

Verse ConceptsHandsome Men

The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

(The Shulammite Bride)“Awake, O north wind,And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],Let its spices flow forth.Let my beloved come into his gardenAnd eat its choicest fruits.” Cross references: Song of Solomon 4:7 : John 14:18; Eph 5:27 Song of Solomon 4:8 : 2 Cor 11:2, 3 Song of Solomon 4:10 : John 15:9; Rom 8:35 Song of Solomon 4:13 : John 15:5; Eph 5:9 Song of Solomon 4:15 : John 4:10; 7:37, 38 end of crossrefs

Verse ConceptsHoly Spirit, Types OfSexual DesireawakeningThe North Wind

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

Verse ConceptsApplesbreastsbreath

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.

Verse ConceptsSibling Lovebreasts

“Let his left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me.”

Verse ConceptsBlessings For The Right Hand

Oh sinful nation,people weighed down with iniquity,brood of evildoers,depraved children!They have abandoned the Lord;they have despised the Holy One of Israel;they have turned their backs on Him.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

"How terrible it will be for many nations, who rage like the roaring sea! Oh, how the uproar of nations is like the sound of rushing, mighty water How they roar!

Verse ConceptsSeaThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical References

Alas, oh land of whirring wingsWhich lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsWingsAfricaRivers

But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPlansWise MenWhere Are People?

Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars and thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsWeedsBurning Plants

Oh your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersClayPotterPotteryTurning Upside DownBeing Without UnderstandingMan's Relationship With His CreatorWeedatheismpot

A [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the beasts of the Negev (the South):Through a land of trouble and anguish,From where come lioness and lion, viper and [fiery] flying serpent,They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeysAnd their treasures on the humps of camels,To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversSeaThings Like The SeaPeople In RighteousnessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesBlessings Of Obediencewholeness

"Oh, yes! Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will be your nursing mothers. They will bow to you with their faces to the ground, and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

Verse ConceptsFeetAssurance, basis ofBowingDust, Figurative UseHope, Results OfProstrationStomachsKings, How They Should ActNot Put To ShameHope For The RighteousMothersDisappointmentMotherhoodTaking Care Of The Earth

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Verse ConceptsMountainsMountains QuakingGod Going Downepiphany

"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfPeople Of God, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfSpiritual AdoptionIsrael As Sons Of GodFollowing Godfatherhood

I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Verse ConceptsGod DeceivingNo Peace

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofCleanliness, Metaphorical UseHeart, Fallen And RedeemedJerusalem, Significance OfWashingThoughts Of The WickedContinuing In Sin

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony!Oh, the pain in my heart!My heart pounds;I cannot be silent.For you, my soul,have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—the shout of battle.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

They will say, 'Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let's attack it at noon!' But later they will say, 'Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long.

Verse ConceptsNoonShadowsSunsetsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

So I said, "Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us."

Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsInnsApostasy in OTequipping, physicalUnfaithfulness, To GodSolitudeEvil AssociationsLiving In The WildernessPeople Abandoning Peopletraitors

And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’”

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceNo More FamineNo Peace

I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."

Verse ConceptsdoubtersHealthInterestLonelinessSadnessSelf PitySuicideCynicismNever Being BornRegretting BirthBorrowingLending And BorrowingUngodly CursingFighting One AnotherConflictlent

So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofPlansReformationGod Will Bring Harm

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

Oh how terrible! That time will be worse than any like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it.

Verse ConceptsTroubleTribulation PeriodUnique EventsGod Saves The NeedyWoe For DisasterIsrael In TribulationOvercoming Hard TimesGetting Through Hard Times

You will die peacefully, and as they burned fires for your ancestors, the former kings who were before you, so they'll burn fires for you, wailing, "Oh how terrible, your majesty!"' For I've spoken the message," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'

Verse ConceptsBe Still!God's Sword

Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, 'Oh, the ruin and great destruction!'

Verse ConceptsDestruction

Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, "Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.'

Verse ConceptsSceptreSorrowDeposing

Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her."

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

“They have heard that I groan;There is no one to comfort me;All my enemies have heard of my calamity;They are glad that You have done it.Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,That they may become like me.

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesThe Day Of JudgementPleasing MenLike The NationsI Am SufferingNo ComfortWhat God Does

You have heard my voice,“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,From my cry for help.”

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To MePay Attention O God!breathing

This is what the Lord GOD says: "Clap your hands and stamp your feet! Say, "Oh, no!' Because of all the detestable evil that has come from Israel's house, they'll fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.

Verse ConceptsFeetPestilenceStampingClappingFamine Killing

so that their hearts melt and the number of those who stumble increase. I've set in place a slaughtering sword at the entrance to all their gates. Oh, no! It's made like lightning. It's drawn to slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

"This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

Verse ConceptsThings ShakingWoundsKilling Will Happen

"Son of Man, here's what you are to prophesy and announce, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Wail out loud! Oh no! The day!

Verse ConceptsWoe For Disaster

And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,

Verse ConceptsConfession, Examples OfCommitment, to GodSin ConfessedGod Is To Be FearedGod Keeps CovenantConfession of sinconfessing

Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDThe AlmightyGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time Generally

Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!

Verse ConceptsCattle

"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Tremble, all of you inhabitants of the land, because the Day of the LORD is coming. Oh, how near it is!

Verse ConceptsTrumpetImminenceGroups TremblingThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time GenerallyTrumpets At The Enddrums

"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!

Verse ConceptsCrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

"If thieves came against you, if marauding gangs by night Oh, how you will be destroyed! Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave some grapes to be gleaned?

Verse ConceptsPeople Destroying Foreign NationsLuciferthieves

"Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly searched out!

Verse ConceptsRobbing People

So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased."

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnInnocent BloodNot DyingDeath AvertedLife And Deathjonah

He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Repentance OfKnowing God, Nature OfReceptivenessRestraintGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindHasty ActionSaying The Same ThingsSaying RepeatedlyA Forgiving GodGod Turned Back From Harming ThemKnowing God's CharacterAnger And Forgivenessjonah

I will stand at my guard postAnd station myself on the tower;And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.

Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchWaitingWatchmanAnswering Godanswersmyself

"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.

Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Shown InShutting DoorsBurning SacrificesUseless ReligionAltarsNot Pleasing GodNot Receiving

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, “Oh no, Lord! This will never happen to You!”

Verse ConceptsInsightPeter, The DiscipleRebukeLack Of InsightNeverContradictingPassionroadblockspeter

"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!"

Verse ConceptsExorcismsChrist, Names ForJesus Christ, Holiness OfDestruction Of Satan's WorksWhat Have We In Common?Said To Be The ChristDemonic Influence

"I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

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