'Took' in the Bible

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin.

There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

For you took collateral from your brothers without cause,stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And Job again took up his discourse and said,

When I went out to the city gateand took my seat in the town square,

I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Then I acknowledged my sin to Youand did not conceal my iniquity.I said,“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

I waited expectantly for the LORD, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.

He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

They saw it, then they were amazed;They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

"Look, the man [who] would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

You cleared a place for it;it took root and filled the land.

I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

You took away Your people’s guilt;You covered all their sin.Selah

You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.

He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.

And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:

And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.

Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

When He heard their cry,He took note of their distress,

He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

The LORD took an oath and will never recant: "You are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek."

The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all writtenThe days that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

She took hold of him and kissed him. Her face was impudent, and she said to him,

He took a bag of money with himand will come home at the time of the full moon.”

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

I saw, and took it to heart;I looked, and received instruction:

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,So is my beloved among the young men.In his shade I took great delight and sat down,And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!

This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah: Rezin king of Aram, along with Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, waged war against Jerusalem, but he could not succeed.

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:

For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.

So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the children of Israel took for a heritage, and they will come to destruction.

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

Elam took up a quiverwith chariots and horsemen,and Kir uncovered the shield.

Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.

Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's

And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.