'Set' in the Bible

Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: