9 occurrences

'Withers' in the Bible

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

Verse ConceptsMowingChange And Growth

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

Verse ConceptsGrassHousetopsGrass WitheredLike GrassGrowing

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

Verse ConceptsHaughtinessTransient WorldMourning Due To Catastrophe

The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree.

Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

Amos said: "The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds' pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers."

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsTheophanyThunderGod SpeakingMourning Due To CatastrophePasturing The FlockThunder Expressing God's Judgment

He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things UpFailing RiversThe Sea DividedFamine

Bible Theasaurus

Shrink (16 instances)
Shrivel (9 instances)
Wither (39 instances)
Withers (27 instances)

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