6 occurrences

'Break' in the Bible

Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.

Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyYokesTrampling PeopleRemoving Burdens

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

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Dampen (1 instance)
Disclose (36 instances)
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Discover (49 instances)
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