39 occurrences

'Broke' in the Bible

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordCordsYokesBreaking SticksGod Lifting PeopleThe Lord Is GodTenons And BarsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptslaveryBreaking Chains

because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfWilderness Of ZinDisloyalty

When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

Verse ConceptsShoutingBattle CriesGod's Swordgideon

Then all the men of Israel arose from their place and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel in ambush broke out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.

After they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city with very great confusion; and He smote the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

Verse ConceptsDefecation

All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsDestruction Of Satan's WorksKilling Priests

He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationShrinesThe Bronze SnakeSnakesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksAbandoning IdolsBronze For IdolsMemorabilia

He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

Verse ConceptsHomosexualityArrogant ExistenceSpinning And WeavingMale ProstitutesServing Asherah

Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.

Verse ConceptsGatesGovernorsHigh Places

The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.

Verse ConceptsRoofValleysBuilding AltarsUpper RoomsCourts Of The Temple

He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.

Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonSeaSacrilegeBreaking ContainersPillars For Solomon's TempleAmassing BronzeBronze Items For The Tabernacle

So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord;

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterPouring Water

Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGiants

And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's Works

Now he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsWalls

But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the altar of incense.

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationSacrifice, In OtStonesAnnihilationDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

“I broke the jaws of the wickedAnd snatched the prey from his teeth.

Verse ConceptsTeethDentistryBreaking TeethIndividuals Saving Others

There He broke the flaming arrows,The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWeaponsBreaking WeaponsPsalm Interjections

And He called for a famine upon the land;He broke the whole staff of bread.

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,And the plague broke out among them.

The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with NoahGod, The EternalEcological ConcernsPolluting The LandBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's LawDefilement

“For long ago I broke your yokeAnd tore off your bonds;But you said, ‘I will not serve!’For on every high hillAnd under every green treeYou have lain down as a harlot.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryServanthood, And Worship Of GodShrinesYokesNot Serving GodSacrificing On The High PlacesWorship At TreesBreaking Chains

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationBreaking Chains

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTHusbandsKnowing God, Effects OfMarriage, Between God And His PeopleRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodUnion With Christ, Nature OfUnity, God's Goal OfBreaking The CovenantMarriage To GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod As A Husband

The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallBurning Jerusalem

So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonPillars For Solomon's Temple

As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Surely in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall die.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToPossibility Of DeathAuthority Delegated To People

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant

“When they took hold of you with the hand,You broke and tore all their hands;And when they leaned on you,You broke and made all their loins quake.”

Verse ConceptsShouldersBreaking SticksPeople Shakingmuscles

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Discover (49 instances)
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Expose (42 instances)
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