13 occurrences

'Toward' in the Bible

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

Verse ConceptsFacing NorthTwelve Animals

And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

Verse ConceptsRight Sides

(for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightCeremoniesWatchfulness, Divine

And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive.

Verse ConceptsHousesHeaven, God's Habitationsupplication

When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

Verse ConceptsClosing Up

what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Verse ConceptsCommitmentGod, Human Descriptions OfFaultsFace Of Godevil, believers' responses toCommitment, to GodGod, Present EverywhereVisionWatchfulness, DivineHelp From GodGod, All knowingEyesBeing Devoted to GodEarthSupport

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

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Toward (811 instances)

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