50 occurrences in 8 translations

'Upset' in the Bible

When Cain became very upset and depressed, the LORD asked Cain, "Why are you so upset? Why are you depressed?

Verse ConceptsExpressions On FacesRestoring SinnersWhy Do You Do This?Angry With GodDepressionFree Moral AgencyAnger And Forgiveness

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProphecies Concerning ChristPay Attention To People!sarah

Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InTwo GroupsOwning LivestockHalf Of GroupsFear Of IndividualsPossessing Sheep

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

Verse ConceptsBeing BlessedGrudgesMastersResentment, Against PeopleSaints, Care For The PoorGod Will BlessGivingGiving Back

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesProvokingReasons For BarrennessTroubling IndividualsSchoolFun

Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

Elkanah her husband told her, "Hannah, why are you crying and why don't you eat? Why are you upset? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessWeepingHusbands Duty To WivesTen PeopleGood PeopleWhy Do You Do This?

When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.

Verse ConceptsdoubtersPessimismFear, Caused ByFear Of Individuals

David again took an oath: "Your father certainly knows that I've found favor with you, and so he told himself, "Jonathan must not know this so he won't be upset.' But as certainly as the LORD is alive and living, and as certainly as I'm alive and living, too, there is only a step between me and death."

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfThe Frailty Of ManThose Who Did Not TellDeath Of A Father

So on the second day of the New Moon Jonathan angrily got up from the table without eating because he was upset about David, and because his father had humiliated him.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForSorrowSympathyTablesAnger Of Man, RighteousAnger Of Man, CauseMourning In RegretFasting In MourningNamed People Angry With Others

But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, PurposeRashnessThreshing FloorSacrilegeAnimals FallingTouching Holy Things

David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofResigned To DeathEncourage Others!

When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterDavid's Wives

All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king's expense? Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?"

Verse ConceptsRelatives

David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessRegretDanger From MenMercyMaking DecisionsDecision Making

Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, “Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat?”

Verse ConceptsNamed Wivesjezebel

But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, "Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn't tell me about it."

Verse ConceptsGraspingLeave Them AloneGod's Things ConcealedMan Of God

This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them, "One of us must be helping the king of Israel."

Verse ConceptsTurning Against Men

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it.

Verse ConceptsThreshing FloorSacrilege

David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfRegretMiseryempathy

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

Verse ConceptsAngry Peoplerebuilding

I was greatly upset, so I threw out all of Tobiah's property from the room.

This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,because I am upset!

Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughts Of The Righteous

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Verse ConceptsPraiseFaith, Necessity OfTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithDepression, Solutions ToI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!DepressionAntidepressantsDespair

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSelf PityI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!Hope For The RighteousGrieving With HopeDepressionDespair

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplainingThoughtsBeing Overwhelmeddistractionsventing

Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, "Belteshazzar, don't let the dream and its interpretation alarm you." But Belteshazzar replied, "Sir, if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Verse ConceptsConfusionThoughts Of The RighteousDreams InterpretedOvercoming EnemiesPeople Appalled

When the king heard this, he was greatly upset, because he was determined to make every effort to save Daniel before the sun set.

Verse ConceptsRegretThoughts Of The RighteousSunsetsIndividuals Saving Others

The Lord said, "You were upset about this little plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day.

Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodNot ToilingPeople Showing Mercy

Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.

Verse ConceptsBodyKneesExpressions On FacesLosing CourageOther References To The Heart

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

Verse ConceptsOther Sad PeopleTelling Of Happenings

They reached Jerusalem, and entering the Temple He began to drive out the buyers and sellers, and upset the money-changers' tables and the stools of the pigeon-dealers,

Verse ConceptsdovesMoney, Uses OfTablesBanksAnger Of JesusTurning Upside DownEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The Templesales

So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

Verse ConceptsBanksWhipsTurning Upside DownWhippingChrist Driving Out PeopleIndeterminate Sums Of Moneycatsknots

But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about it, asked them, “Does this cause you to stumble and take offense?

Verse ConceptsAwarenessGrumblingChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Disciples WordsComplainingcriticism

being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTeachersTeachingTeaching The Way Of God

When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

Verse ConceptsConfusionInciting To Evil

But when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWaitingCitiesPolytheismPeople WaitingIdolatryAngry PeopleHinduism

not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come.

Verse ConceptsAssurance in the life of faithLordship, Human And DivineSteadfastnessSpirit BeingsThe Time UnknownMental Abuse

Bible Theasaurus

Discomfit (3 instances)
Disorder (13 instances)
Disturb (16 instances)

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