25 occurrences in 12 translations

'Concerning' in the Bible

These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod's Creationmakeup

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"

Verse ConceptsDeviousnessSin Producing DeathNot TouchingSin Produces DeathAdam and eveGardensNASB

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTThe King's Orders

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesAcceptance

and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersMisrepresentationTaking Other PeopleSiblingsRelationship TroublesSportssarahrejuvenation

And it happened [that] as God caused me to wander from the house of my father I said to her, 'This [is] your loyal kindness that you must do for me at every place where we come: say concerning me, "He [is] my brother." '"

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyTentsWanderers

And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodThighsSwearing Oaths

And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,

Verse ConceptsGod AppearingGod Forbiddingland

When the men of the place asked concerning his wife, he said, "She [is] my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking "the men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for {she was beautiful}."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.”

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, 'A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,'

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsDreams InterpretedNo One Available

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh."

Verse ConceptsHumilityMission, Of IsraelGod Will AnswerNot Me

Now concerning the repetition of the dream twice to Pharaoh, [it is] because the matter [is] established by God, and God will do [it] quickly.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceGod Not DelayingEverything Happening For A Reason

Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed concerning them, and he said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

Verse ConceptsSpyingPeople RememberingUnguardedvulnerability

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

and they say, 'The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsAnswering PeopleNot Knowing The FutureLiving On

So Joseph crafted a statute concerning Egypt that remains valid to this day that Pharaoh should own a fifth of the produce, excluding the land belonging to the priests, which remained outside of Pharaoh's control.

Verse ConceptsHuman LawStatutes To This Day

‘You are to say to Joseph, “I beg you, please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ Now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

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of , for , concerning , about , as touching , touching , whereof Trans , not tr ,
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