'Places' in the Bible

But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country,Planting places for a vineyard.I will pour her stones down into the valleyAnd will lay bare her foundations.

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

I will have the towns of your land cut off and all your strong places pulled down:

They will lick the dust like a snake;they will come trembling out of their hiding placeslike reptiles slithering on the ground.They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;they will stand in awe of You.

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.

For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.

They make fun of kings, deriding those who rule. They laugh at all of the fortified places, constructing ramps to seize them.

Your bow was made bare;The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah (pause, calmly think of that).You split the earth with rivers [bringing waters to dry places].

Sun and moon stood in their places;They went away at the light of Your arrows,At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.

And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

"'And thou, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, by no means the least honorable art thou among princely places in Judah! For from thee shall come a prince--one who shall be the Shepherd of My People Israel.'"

And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

"But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates.

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

Therefore, go out to the [places where] the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding celebration as many [people] as you find.'

They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues,

and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.'

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

So if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out there, or, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms [of a house],’ do not believe it.

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

And enter wherever He might--village or town or hamlet--they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,

And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.

Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You love to have the places of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.

And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.

then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Then the disciples went back again to their own homes.

so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

But the Most High dwells not in places made with hands; as says the prophet,

Now it happened that [as] Peter was traveling through all [the places], [he] also came down to the saints who lived [in] Lydda.

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

And going on board a ship of Adramyttium about to navigate by the places along Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

in the places beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

the Holy Spirit this evidencing that not yet hath been manifested the way of the holy places, the first tabernacle having yet a standing;

neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained;

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

nor that he may many times offer himself, even as the chief priest doth enter into the holy places every year with blood of others;

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,

(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.

for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest -- of these the bodies are burned without the camp.

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.