18 occurrences in 11 translations

'Defied' in the Bible

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

Verse ConceptsCursing Israelcurses

And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Verse ConceptsFightingdefiance

Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationStrength, SpiritualStriving With GodUnreliabilityWeaponsBoldness Examples OfProtection, From GodArmies, GodJavelinsGod As A WarriorIn God's Namearmy

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

Verse ConceptsThree Men

Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfPride, Results OfVoicesAudacity

By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

Memucan said in the presence of the king and his officials, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the officials and the peoples who are in every one of King Ahasuerus’s provinces.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Verse ConceptsTesting GodThey Do Not Keep Commands

Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsVoicesChrist, Names For

By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

"Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsdefianceInfidelity To GodNo EscapeLet Evil ReboundProud People

Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries around her. Indeed, they have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodGrowth Of EvilThey Do Not Keep Commands

Because Edom saith, 'We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And men have called to them, 'O region of wickedness,' 'O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.'

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationCrushingLossArchaeologyEternal JudgementGod Angry With The Nationsbordersclosure

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