20 occurrences

'Stranger' in the Bible

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Verse ConceptsSojourningReckoned As ForeignersPeople With Apt Names

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)

Verse ConceptsReckoned As ForeignersTwo SonsPeople With Apt Names

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture

My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger;I am a foreigner in their sight.

Verse ConceptsGuestsReckoned As Foreigners

I will see Him myself;my eyes will look at Him, and not as a stranger.My heart longs within me.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman Desiresmyself

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Verse ConceptsHarlotsSalvation By Other ThingsGodly WomanSexual Purity

Why, my son, would you be infatuatedwith a forbidden womanor embrace the breast of a stranger?

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

My son, if you have put up security for your neighboror entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Verse ConceptsHandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

They will protect you from an evil woman,from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsTongueEleganceThe TongueWomen's Beauty

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.

Verse ConceptsPersuasion

Take his garment,for he has put up security for a stranger;get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

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

Verse ConceptsCommendationBraggingCommending OneselfLoving YourselfBeing YourselfBoasting

Take his garment,for he has put up security for a stranger;get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourSuffering From ForeignersGod Gives WealthTragedyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingscatspossessionsempowerment

Bible Theasaurus

Foreign (157 instances)
Strange (251 instances)
Stranger (157 instances)
Unknown (34 instances)
Unusual (8 instances)

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