42 occurrences in 13 translations

'Turned' in the Bible

And his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, is pregnant, about to bear, and she heareth the report of the taking of the ark of God, that her father-in-law and her husband have died, and she boweth, and beareth, for her pains have turned upon her.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

They said, "If you [are] sending the ark of the God of Israel away, you must not send it away empty, but by all means return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will become known to you why his hand [is] not turned aside from you."

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingEmpty ThingsGod Heals

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionGovernmentKnowing God, Effects OfRejection Of GodTheocracyRebellion Against God, Shown InPay Attention To People!RejectionListening To God

And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPromises Of The Holy SpiritPeople TransformedBeing DifferentBeing Unique

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChanged HeartPeople TransformedMan's Words Fulfilledsaul

But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTheocracyNatural Disasters

Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking God, Illustrated ByBaal Worship, HistoryServing AsherahWe Have Sinned

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessServingServing Godreassurance

And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,

Verse ConceptsTrumpetGarrisonsTrumpets For Signalling

And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsNations Attacking Israel

And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.

Verse ConceptsConfusionChaosDisorder Among The NationsFighting One AnotherKilling One AnotherWarBattlearmystories

Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

Verse ConceptsTurning Against Menreinforcement

So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, “Saul went to Carmel where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal.”

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose Early

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

Verse ConceptsClothing

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

and Samuel saith, 'Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, 'Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'

Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness from God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

Verse ConceptsHarpsLeisure, And PastimesMedicineMusiciansTemperamentInstrumentalistsPeople RefreshedMental HealthMental IllnessAtmosphereAnxiety And DepressionDepressioninstrumentssaulDemonic Influence

And David speaketh unto the men who are standing by him, saying, 'What is done to the man who smiteth this Philistine, and hath turned aside reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of the living God?'

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingInsultsLove, And The WorldUncircumcisionEliminating ShameOther Unimportant PeopleExamples Of Patriotism

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

Verse ConceptsAnswering People

This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand -- and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfBirds, Types Of BirdsBeheadingAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesSkullsWild Animals DevouringMammalsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

Verse ConceptsThrowing SpearsEscaping From PeopleAttempting To Kill Specific People

And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Jehovah hath been with him, and from Saul He hath turned aside;

Verse ConceptsApostasy Of SaulGod With Specific PeopleFear Of IndividualsBeing Scared

And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadHot ThingsHallowed

And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, 'And who among all thy servants is as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsephodsLinenThe Number EightyEighties

And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'

Verse ConceptsHuntingHiding From People

So Saul turned around from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines. Therefore, they call that place the Rock of Escape.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

And it cometh to pass when Saul hath turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him, saying, 'Lo, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificTelling Of Movementssaul

So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

Verse ConceptsTelling What People Said

and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

Verse ConceptsDivine RestraintsHeadsRestraintGod Makes Evil ReboundGod VindicatesBless The Lord!

And Saul saith unto David, 'Blessed art thou, my son David, also working thou dost work, and also prevailing thou dost prevail.' And David goeth on his way, and Saul hath turned back to his place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfSons Being A Blessingsaul

And Samuel hath died, and all Israel mourn for him, and bury him in Ramah, even in his city, and Saul hath turned aside those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentProphets, Lives OfSpiritismFortunetellingSpiritism AvoidedMourning The Death Of OthersOccultismwitchespsychics

“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Samuel asked Saul.“I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”

Verse ConceptsMiseryApostasy Of SaulGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedTroubling Individualswitchesawakeningsaul

Samuel answered, “Since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

Verse ConceptsSending people homeUnnamed People Angry With Others

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