'Own' in the Bible

They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,

{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

Drink water from your [own] cistern and flowing waters from inside your own well.

A person of kindness rewards himself, but a cruel [person] harms his own flesh.

The way of a fool is upright in his [own] eyes, but he who listens to advice [is] wise.

From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.

All the ways of a man [are] pure in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the spirit.

He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.

Every way of a man is upright in his [own] eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

Answer a fool according to his folly, or else he will be wise in his own eyes.

[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own.

May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!

Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.

Do not gaze at me because I am black, because the sun has stared [at] me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own "vineyard" I did not keep.

{My own "vineyard" belongs to me}; the "thousand" are for you, O Solomon, {and "two hundred" for those who tend its fruit}.

And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and we will wear our own clothing; only {let us be called by your name}! Take away our disgrace!"

Ah! [Those who are] wise in their own eyes and have understanding {in their view}!

And this shall happen: like a hunted gazelle or sheep {with none to gather them}, they will each turn to his [own] people, and they will each flee to his [own] land.

Cross over your [own] land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

For my own sake, for my own sake I do [it]; for why should it be defiled? And I will not give my glory to another."

And I will feed your oppressors their [own] flesh, and they shall be drunk [with] their blood as [with] wine. Then all flesh shall know that I [am] Yahweh, your savior and redeemer, the strong [one] of Jacob."

All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.

And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.

Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart and they will feed you knowledge and insight.

The prophets prophesy {falsely}, and the priests rule {by their own authority}, and my people love [it] so much. But what will you do {when the end comes}?

Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.

I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.

But they will say, '[It is] hopeless, for we will go after our [own] plans, and each one of us will act [according to] the stubbornness of his evil heart.'

'Yet you have not listened to me,' {declares} Yahweh, 'so that you have provoked me to anger with the work of your hands for your own harm.'

And all the nations will serve him, and his son, and {his grandson}, until the coming of the time of {his own} land. Then many nations and great kings will let him work.

"Son of man, prophesy to the prophets of Israel {who are prophesying}, and you must say to [those who are] prophets out of their own {imagination}, 'Hear the word of Yahweh!'

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Alas, for the foolish prophets who [are] going after their [own] spirit, {and they did not see anything}!

"Say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I [will be] profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength [and] the delight of your eyes and the object of your own affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword,

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan were your rowers; your {skilled men}, O Tyre, were {from your own people}, [and] they [were] your seamen.

and {anyone who listens} hears the sound of the horn and {he does not take warning} and [the] sword comes and it takes him, his blood will be on his [own] head.

And speak to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I [am] taking the {Israelites} from among {the nations to which they went}, and I will gather them from {everywhere}, and I will bring them to their [own] soil.

But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob them, [separating them] from their property; from his [own] property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property."

And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

And his power will grow, but not by his [own] power, and he will cause fearful destruction, and he will succeed and {he will act}, and he will destroy [the] mighty and [the] people of [the] holy ones.

They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. [With] their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their own {destruction}.

They run like mighty warriors, they scale the wall like men of war; each goes on its own way, and they do not swerve [from] their paths.

They do not jostle {one another}; each goes on its own trail; and through the falling weapons, they are not halted.

"For the day of Yahweh [is] near against all the nations! Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return on your [own] head.

For a son treats a father with contempt; a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; [the] enemies of a man [are] the men of his own house.

You pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows; they came like a whirlwind to scatter me, their exultation like [one who] devours the afflicted in ambush.

'You have looked for much, and look! [It came] to little; and [when] you brought [it] home, I blew it [away]. Why?' {declares} Yahweh of hosts. 'Because my house [is] desolate and you [are] running each to your own house!

But I will encamp at my temple [like a] guard, against those crossing through and returning; no oppressor will cross through them again, for now I have seen with my [own] eyes.

The ones buying them kill them and go unpunished, and the ones selling them say, 'Blessed [be] Yahweh, for I have become rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

"And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you [are] not keeping my way, but are {favoring your own instruction}."

And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their [own] country by another route.

Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. {Each day has enough trouble of its own.}

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood in your [own] eye?

Or how will you say to your brother, 'Allow [me] to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood [is] in your [own] eye?

Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"

And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own town.

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."

He said, "Yes." And [when he] came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or taxes--from their own sons, or from foreigners?"

But they paid no attention [and] went away--this one to his own field, that one to his business.

For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.

And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went on a journey immediately.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the military cloak and put his [own] clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify [him].

and placed it in his [own] new tomb that he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the entrance of the tomb [and] went away.

And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his [own] household."

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

And everyone went to be registered, each one to his own town.

and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!"

And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

And he said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] hometown.

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood [that is] in your own eye?

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn plants, nor are grapes harvested from thorn bushes.

But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."

And he came up [and] bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine, and he put him on his own animal [and] brought him to an inn and took care of him.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are {safe}.

But when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and {follow} me {cannot be} my disciple.

In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.

And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.

And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business {until I come back}.'

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

{Therefore make up your minds} not to prepare in advance to speak in your own defense,

He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.

This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").