49 occurrences

'Shade' in the Bible

See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.

Verse ConceptsShadowsThings Like PeopleLike Men

And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwards

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwardsEasy For God

Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerStairwaysSun DialsTen ThingsBackwardsStepsEclipse

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens

(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

Verse ConceptsReedsMarshes

How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Verse ConceptsFindingRefugeShadowsSon Of ManWingsLoving Kindness Of GodGod's WingsShadow Of GodChildren's Protectionlegacy

Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

Verse ConceptsThe Shadow Of Death

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

Verse ConceptsDisastersCavesdefence, divineGuardiansMusicOppression, God's Attitude ToRefugeShadowsWingsProtection, From GodTrusting In GodGod's WingsCaves As Places Of RefugeProtection From Danger

The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

Verse ConceptsShadowsTime Passing

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of GodTime PassingFearing God

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Verse ConceptsApplesYoung Lovers

Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.

Verse ConceptsNoonOutcastsrelentless

For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

Verse ConceptsFortressesAfflicted SaintsThe NeedyExploitationsdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardiansNoonPoverty, Remedies ForRefugeesSanctuaryStormsWallsDistressGod Being Our RefugeShadow Of GodshelterThe Storms Of Life

As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSilenceHot WeatherForeigners SubduedAliensrelentless

And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.

Verse ConceptsRemoving People From Your LifeThe Environment

Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's Counsel

And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

Verse ConceptsProtection And Safety

And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

Verse ConceptsRocksShadowsStormsThirstWindGod Being Our Hiding PlacePeople As RocksNo WindsBrooksshelterhidingThe Storms Of Life

The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalShadowsStairwaysThe SunSun DialsTen ThingsStepsMoving OnRecoveryEclipseSolar Eclipse

And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineCovering The MouthRevelation, In OtShadowsShadow Of GodSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims InspirationRevelation Through Direct Communicationclosure

And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBarren, LandDesertsWildernessDry PlacesDarkness During DaytimeEmpty By NatureWhere Is God?God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsShadows

Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

Verse ConceptsShadowsTrapThe Lord's Anointed

It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing

See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.

Verse ConceptsNestsAnimal ReproductionBirds

And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFelling TreesAbandoning ThingsSuffering From ForeignersThings Falling

And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations

Verse ConceptsDeath Of CreaturesMetaphorical Trees

Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFoliageBearing Fruit

They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.

Verse ConceptsHillsTreesOaksThose Who Committed AdulterySacrificing On The High Places

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsGrainShadowsVinesRemembering Peoplerevival

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.

Verse ConceptsWaitingBoothsPeople Sitting Downjonah

And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.

Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementGod Appointing OthersRejoicing In Reliefprovidingbugsjonah

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

Verse ConceptsBlackSorrowGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That DayThe Ungodly SufferingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbancescloudswrath

Related Words

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Refinement (2 instances)
Shade (64 instances)
Shadow (78 instances)
Subtlety (3 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain