12 occurrences

'Pull' in the Bible

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

Verse ConceptsBackDefecationFat Of PeopleDischargespoop

That night the Lord said to him, "Take the bull from your father's herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Verse ConceptsShrinesAltarsDestruction Of Satan's WorksAnimals At Specific Agesgideon

Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"

Verse ConceptsBinding cornPlucking Out

When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, "Seize him!" The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

"Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

Verse ConceptsTongueSharp ToolsBinding As Animals

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

Verse ConceptsGrassHousetopsGrass WitheredLike GrassGrowing

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping People

Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order: "Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies."

Verse ConceptsDungeonsHuman Authority, Nature OfThirtyNamed Prophets Of The Lord

"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring

Bible Theasaurus

Attract (3 instances)
Commit (177 instances)
Pulling (60 instances)
Twist (12 instances)
Wrench (2 instances)

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