103 occurrences in 13 translations

'Taken' in the Bible

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionLordship, Human And DivinePay Attention To God!Rebellion against GodRaising ChildrenListening To GodTaking Care Of The Earth

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingWicked RulersVineyardMetaphorical VineyardsRulers, Wicked

Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald],And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).”

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'

Verse ConceptsSevenCoping With DeathSeven PeoplePeople Naming PeopleHelp In ShortageEliminating ShameWomen Workingwomanhood

I heard the Lord of Hosts say:Indeed, many houses will become desolate,grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsEmpty PlacesGod Swearing Harm

For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualWingsCoal, Metaphorical UseThose FlyingPurgatory

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Removal OfLipsSin, Deliverance From GodTouchCoal, Uses OfPurgingTouching For HealingOther References To Mouths

And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesExile In Prospect

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Verse ConceptsEvil Planssyria

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaThe Prophecy Towards DamascusLimitations Of Youthdamascus

And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockStumblingZion, As A SymbolProphecies Concerning ChristCapstoneDownfall Of IsraelStumbling Over ChristChrist The RockGod TrappingMessianic Prophecies

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.

Verse ConceptsHarvestJoy, And Human ExperienceGod Multipling PeopleYou Will Rejoice In SalvationDividing The SpoilJoyjoyfulness

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfWisdom, Human NatureFalse WisdomActing For Oneself

And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsWings Of BirdsBird Soundsrelentless

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Verse ConceptsAnointingFatnessAnointing With OilCivil LibertyYokesShouldersRemoving BurdensRemoving People From Your LifeBreaking Chainsliberation

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Verse ConceptsGroups Trembling

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofSurvivors Destroyed

Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

Verse ConceptsHorrors Of WarSeeing SituationsChild AbuseKilling Sons And Daughters

And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.

Verse ConceptsStrangers in israel

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfCessationStopping Fighting

I will break Assyria in My land;I will tread him down on My mountain.Then his yoke will be taken from them,and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyYokesTrampling PeopleRemoving Burdens

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholWinepressDestroying VineyardsVintageCessationTreading GrapesLack Of Rejoicing

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyProphecies concerningsyriadamascus

In that time an offering will be made to the Lord of armies from a people tall and smooth, causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers, an offering taken to the place of the name of the Lord of armies, even Mount Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodDivision Of WatersTall PeopleWaters DividingFearing Other PeopleAmerica

The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.

Verse ConceptsBooks

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanSleeplessnessStumblingFear, Of UnknownUnrestTwilightIndividuals Trembling

All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.

Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your death, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfGod Not Forgiving

Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins

Verse ConceptsConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessBirth Not Being Possible

Is this your jubilant city,whose origin was in ancient times,whose feet have taken herto settle far away?

Verse ConceptsHistory Of NationsFar From Here

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceGod's Plans

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServants Of PeopleLike People In CharacterLending And Borrowingservanthoodmistresspriests

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Verse ConceptsClimbingEarth's FoundationWindows Of HeavenMoving UpwardsPeople Falling From A HeightGod TrappingFear Will Come

In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPeople ExiledThe East Wind

To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?

Verse ConceptsWeaningGod TeachingSchoolbreaststryingdoctrine

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Verse ConceptsGraduallyReprobatesGod's OrdersExposition Of The ScripturesFalling Backwards

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement,When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us,For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfFalse ConfidenceGrave, TheHell, As An ExperienceImmunityRefugeSelf ConfidenceTrust, Lack OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedHiding From Peopleshelter

And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutZion, As A PlaceThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemMotionlessnessUndisturbedFestivals Observed

Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who live in it, [their] iniquity [will be] taken away.

Verse ConceptsSin, Deliverance From GodHealth PromisedGod Will ForgiveBenefits Of HeavenSicknessIllnessHealth And Healing

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Verse ConceptsShrinesDespisersRight Sacrifices

till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;

Verse ConceptsLand ProducingSimilar Items

I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

Verse ConceptsdrynessWaterPeople Drying Things Upbridges

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

Verse ConceptsGatesGates Of DeathEarly DeathLife Cut Short

My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I've taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom day and night you make an end of me.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary

Truly, the days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To Babylon

‘Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the earth, than he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest sweeps them away like stubble.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsAbraham, The Friend Of GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleFriendship And LoveFriendship And Trust

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Verse ConceptsChoicesPeople From Far Away

See, the former things have taken place, and I'm announcing the new things before they spring into being I'm telling you about them."

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureForeknowledgeGod's Foreknowledgea new beginningThe Pastspringtime

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsIsrael As The ElectGod, Immutability OfMonotheismOne GodUnderstandingWitnessing, Importance OfBeforeNo Other Is GodKnowing That There Is A GodTrust In God!God As The Object Of Faith

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People

The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:

Verse ConceptsHonorWaterBlessing In The WildernessGod Providing WaterWild Beasts SubduedOstriches

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!

The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAbortionWombUnborn FetusesGod Helps

The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlpha And OmegaendBeginningKingsKingship, DivineMonotheismOld Age, Attitudes ToOne GodSyncretismUniquenessAncient Of DaysBeginning And EndNo Other Is God

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseMistMorningOffenceRepentance, Importance OfSin, Deliverance From GodSin BearerWeather, As God's JudgmentRepentanceGod Has Forgivenredeemed

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfForestsEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory In IsraelShoutingSingingSongs

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAbortionBaby dedicationArtificial InseminationEarth, Creation OfGod, The CreatorUniverseGod HimselfmyselfOccult Being Powerless Before God

Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofElection, Description OfIsrael As The ElectCalling, Of IndividualsGod, All knowingPeople Have HonourFor The Sake Of God's People

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

Verse ConceptsFeetFace Of GodAttitudes, in prayerGod, Will OfHeadshipKneelingOaths, DivineSatan, Resistance ToTongueTributesSwearing OathsSolar EclipseSwearing

They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.

Verse ConceptsSalvation By Other Things

So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

Verse ConceptsCarePride, Examples OfWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedPleasure SeekersUnique NationsNo Loss

Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonHeraldRedemption, In OtComing Out From Evil

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesAttitudes To BarrennessBereavementwandering

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UsePromises To Stand on

And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfKnowledge, Of GodMission, Of IsraelOppression, God's Attitude ToPeople Consuming BloodThose OppressedGod Making DrunkMighty OneKnowing About God's Kingdomoppression

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

Verse ConceptsPursuing GoodRighteousness, Of BelieversExcavationclosure

Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodSleep, SpiritualWakefulnessStaggeringGod Making DrunkWake Up!Mark Of The Beast On Forehead

She has no one among all her children to be her guide; not one of the sons she has taken care of takes her by the hand.

Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahStaggeringGod Making DrunkGod SuingThe Coming Day Of God's Wrathrelentless

Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, At GodLaw, Letter And Spirit OfMockeryProfaning God's Name

Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSingingSongsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredDestruction Of JerusalemGod Has ComfortedFinding Comfort In God

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Be Killedclosure

For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahBefore The FloodThe DelugeGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will No More Be AngryNoah's FloodTimes Of PeopleThe RainbowFloodsRainbowrebukingcredibility

For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersTrusting In God's LoveAssurance, nature ofGod, The EternalHeart, DivineLoyaltyLove, Nature OfMountainsReliabilityTendernessGod Will Show MercyGod Keeps CovenantMoving Onhealthcaresteadfast

And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodSilenceInfidelity To GodGod Being SilentNo Fear Of GodFearFear And WorryBeing Scared

Let your eyes be lifted up, and see: they are all coming together to you: your sons will come from far, and your daughters taken with loving care.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithPeople Carrying Live PeoplePeople From Far AwayComing TogetherRaising Childrengatheringepiphany

And {foreigners} shall build your walls, and their kings shall serve you, for in my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have taken pity on you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfForeignersReinstatementServanthood, In SocietyAnger Of God, Saved FromDivine FavourForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Showed MercyAliensFavorrebuilding

The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

Verse ConceptsHighwayComing To GatesFlagsMaking RoadsHighwaysRemoving People From Your Life

Bible Theasaurus

Acquire (44 instances)
Adopt (6 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Choose (144 instances)
Conduct (150 instances)
Occupy (45 instances)
Require (110 instances)
Select (39 instances)

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