'Back' in the Bible

Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.

Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.

But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,

So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

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

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.