14 occurrences

'Down' in the Bible

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

Verse ConceptsCrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.

For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

Verse ConceptsHornsSin, God's Judgment OnHorns BrokenThings Falling

And I will send destruction on the winter house with the summer house; the ivory houses will be falling down and the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsArtHousesIvoryProperty, HousesSummerDestruction Of HousesSummer And WinterHouses Under Attack

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

Verse ConceptsCowsThe NeedyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineWomen Doing WrongNot Helping The Poorwomanhood

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Verse ConceptsBitter FoodNo JusticeBitterness

Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?

Verse ConceptsAdvantages

And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:

Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingNot Sparing

Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillSwellingMourning In RegretNot Still

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyNoonThe SunDarkness During DaytimeDarkening Sun Moon And StarsAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesSunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshineThe Moon

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:

Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring

For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsEarth On FireTouchTouching To HarmGod As A WarriorPeople Mourning CatastropheThings FallingThings Going Up

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDCovenant, God's with DavidKingship, HumanMessianic AgeArchaeologyBoothsGapsRepairingThings FallingBuilding Relationshipsshelterrebuilding

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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain